Elitist Apologetics and The New Hippie Capitalists
What exactly is elitism? Perhaps elitism has a bad rap? I take a somewhat technical view of elitism… (which is a little different then just the arrogant dick.) Basically this podcast is in defense of social hierarchy in the social media space (as well as others spaces) My view is that there are systemic forces that lead different people into leadership position in different areas. It might be that we are all leaders in one or another space in our lives. Maybe you are an opinion leader among your friends about issues of politics, what good music is, or who knows what.. In these places you are a leader among the folks of your social networks..
I don’t really go into this, but there’s a sort of interface between this way of thinking and social biology……. this related to things like “idea market places” self organizing systems, and what have you.
There is a natural tension in America between the political sense where in “we are all equal,” and the economic sense where inequality is at the heart of what drives markets. At the heart of Asymmetric Biz Cult is an exploration of new possibilities for the existential relationship between artist and the market. So the notion of “elitist apologetics and the new hippy capitalists” is clearly at the center of what we are trying to explore…. which is to rethink this…
Basically social economic hierarchy, of its self, is perhaps not bad, is my view… its just that all too often it is not an expression of meritocracy…
For further reading:
Apologetics
Peter Drucker
Tom Friedman on Wikipedia
A Tom Friedman article in Wired on the world’s Flatness
Adam Smith
