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Re:Notre-Dame cathedral: Firefighters tackle blaze in Paris by hugs on Monday April 15, 2019 @03:31PM (#19668150)
"Art and culture connects us to the people came before us."

I think that's the best explanation I've ever heard for why art and culture are so important.

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Re:Notre-Dame cathedral: Firefighters tackle blaze in Paris by EthanHeilman on Monday April 15, 2019 @04:05PM (#19668430)
Humans are a species of coral that over generations builds massive architectures of culture, science, math and art.
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Re:Notre-Dame cathedral: Firefighters tackle blaze in Paris by veryworried on Monday April 15, 2019 @06:31PM (#19669490)
But it’s not the whole story. If we had no connection to the past, it would feel like there’s no way to ever have a connection to the future, and thus it would feel pointless to do anything that is not entirely contained within your life time. Humanity would then become a very short term thinking species, and no great work or progress would ever be done.
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