Comments on: having dinner with Sherlock Holmes http://cultureby.com/2004/09/having_dinner_w.html This Blog Sits At the Intersection of Anthropology and Economics Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:43:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Grant http://cultureby.com/2004/09/having_dinner_w.html/comment-page-1#comment-7375 Grant Wed, 15 Sep 2004 07:10:09 +0000 http://localhost/wp_culture/?p=1121#comment-7375 Ennis, great point, it may be that the earliest innovators get so little thanks (relative to the value they eventually create) that they have to "pay" themselves in self righteousness. But Alice Waters is a kind of Goddess. Every foodie tells us so. So she got bundles of recognition and lots of material reward. So the self righteousness begins to look just selfish and provincial. In sum, she reproduces some of the faults of the food culture she claimed to hate. Thanks, Grant Ennis, great point, it may be that the earliest innovators get so little thanks (relative to the value they eventually create) that they have to “pay” themselves in self righteousness.

But Alice Waters is a kind of Goddess. Every foodie tells us so. So she got bundles of recognition and lots of material reward. So the self righteousness begins to look just selfish and provincial. In sum, she reproduces some of the faults of the food culture she claimed to hate. Thanks, Grant

]]> By: Ennis http://cultureby.com/2004/09/having_dinner_w.html/comment-page-1#comment-7374 Ennis Wed, 15 Sep 2004 00:52:13 +0000 http://localhost/wp_culture/?p=1121#comment-7374 I think they're entitled to be differently righteous b/c of their order in terms of changing the world. Whether they do or not is a different question ... that might explain it, but I wouldn't jump to that conclusion w/o supporting evidence. I think they’re entitled to be differently righteous b/c of their order in terms of changing the world. Whether they do or not is a different question … that might explain it, but I wouldn’t jump to that conclusion w/o supporting evidence.

]]> By: Grant http://cultureby.com/2004/09/having_dinner_w.html/comment-page-1#comment-7373 Grant Fri, 10 Sep 2004 10:41:56 +0000 http://localhost/wp_culture/?p=1121#comment-7373 Ennis, thank you, that's clarifying, do you think they differ on the self righteousness scale because they differ on the innovator continuum? Best, Grant Ennis, thank you, that’s clarifying, do you think they differ on the self righteousness scale because they differ on the innovator continuum? Best, Grant

]]> By: Ennis http://cultureby.com/2004/09/having_dinner_w.html/comment-page-1#comment-7372 Ennis Fri, 10 Sep 2004 00:25:00 +0000 http://localhost/wp_culture/?p=1121#comment-7372 I am jealous. I don't know if I would put those two on exactly the same plane. I think of Waters like Martin Luther, she shook up American food in a profound way. Miller is more like Calvin, a key figure, but a secondary one whose position is defined in terms of the revolution put into motion by the first. I am jealous. I don’t know if I would put those two on exactly the same plane. I think of Waters like Martin Luther, she shook up American food in a profound way. Miller is more like Calvin, a key figure, but a secondary one whose position is defined in terms of the revolution put into motion by the first.

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