It’s been argued that audiences do not appreciate some art for what it is until at some point in the future they blunder into the mindset in which it was created. This can also operate against the work, as in the worldwide instant when everyone realised Jeff Koons was shit. There may come a future where human beings have been eroded smooth like the face of a coin and a hero unearths a fossilized moped in ruined centigrades. There may even come a time when authorities cease to pretend surprise and disappointment at the results of their policies. What would be the first clues that this had
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