THE AGE OF MASS INTELLIGENCE. We’ve all heard about dumbing down. But there is plenty of evidence that the opposite is also true. Is this, in fact, the age of mass intelligence? John Parker reports... From INTELLIGENT LIFE magazine, Winter 2008 Russell Southwood is queuing outside his local cinema in south London, listening to his iPod. That’s increasingly true. Cultural incongruities are popping up everywhere. The sharpest of all these cultural contrasts, though, was the one taking place at the Royal Opera House itself the night Russell Southwood was queuing.
In most rich countries, the old distinction between high and popular culture is breaking down. Millions more people are going to museums, literary festivals and operas; millions more watch demanding television programmes or download serious-minded podcasts. That may seem Pollyanna-ish. In 2006 the New York Metropolitan Opera started an experiment to reach a new audience.
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