Comments on: Everything has been done better by Dumas https://www.isegoria.net/2016/12/everything-has-been-done-better-by-dumas/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Sat, 25 Apr 2026 07:40:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Steve Johnson https://www.isegoria.net/2016/12/everything-has-been-done-better-by-dumas/comment-page-1/#comment-2529171 Steve Johnson Sat, 17 Dec 2016 19:17:33 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=41272#comment-2529171 “and it got me wondering why we don’t regularly enjoy the pop classics. We read new books, listen to new music, watch new TV shows, and wait in long lines to watch new movies, when most of the best works produced — best for our own middle-brow tastes — are still new to us.”

The non-sinister explanation is that it’s a Schelling point. Everyone wants to read the same things so they can smooth over social interactions by discussing a book or movie or television show. The Count of Monte Cristo might be great but what happened recently to make everyone decide to read it? Nothing really.

I guess big book clubs dedicated to popular classics could be useful for coordinating lots of people to read and discuss classics at the same time.

]]> By: Slovenian Guest https://www.isegoria.net/2016/12/everything-has-been-done-better-by-dumas/comment-page-1/#comment-2528851 Slovenian Guest Fri, 16 Dec 2016 17:43:43 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=41272#comment-2528851 The Count can be found for free online.

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