> and the anti-culture trend I can feel on HN What do you mean by anti-culture trend? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultur

> and the anti-culture trend I can feel on HN What do you mean by anti-culture trend? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture Of all the definitions listed here, what on earth would anti-culture mean? This is the 20th century definition: In the 20th century, "culture" emerged as a central concept in anthropology, encompassing the range of human phenomena that cannot be attributed to genetic inheritance. Specifically, the term "culture" in American anthropology had two meanings: (1) the evolved human capacity to classify and represent experiences with symbols, and to act imaginatively and creatively; and (2) the distinct ways that people living in different parts of the world classified and represented their experiences, and acted creatively. If by culture, you mean the practices which have been followed for some time(won't that be tradition?), count me in as anti culture and tradition. "Something exists for a long time, hence it is useful" is bullshit. Culture and traditions are mostly dynamic, and people who think of a them as a static rather than ever changing snapshot of current human behavior are some of the biggest, bigoted assholes I have ever seen. > culture, classic books, and so on, are the only way to build a better world. Do you have anything other than your personal opinion to back up culture(whatever that means) or classic books building better world?