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This puts Yusaku Maezawa up there in league with the de Medici's and Borgia's in terms of patron of the arts.
by nickhalfasleep 8y ago
This puts Yusaku Maezawa up there in league with the de Medici's and Borgia's in terms of patron of the arts.
- dragonwriter 8y agoPerhaps in terms of absolute expenditures, but unlikely anything like it in terms of bang for the buck.
- ridgeguy 8y agoYou might reserve that evaluation for a century or two. Arguably, we're still cruising on the de Medicis' and Borgias' investments in the arts.
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- JoshCole 8y agoRight. In the optimistic case, people will still be learning about this art project while living in another galaxy. In terms of scale, there is the potential for MZ to end up as much more important, rather than on the same scale as, other patron of the arts. It is far too soon to tell.
- rezeroed 8y agoI agree. I dread to think who they'll send. The musician will be a popular twerker rather than someone musical, and so on. It's a cute idea, but I expect the result will be cheesy fluff. We'll see.
- daniel-cussen 8y agoAnd patrons of science. Remember the Medici stars? It's the old name Galileo gave the moons of Jupiter.