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“Culture does not stay still, nor does it upgrade in the way that our computers and washing machines do. Culture in the twenty-first century is not better than culture in the fourteenth century, though it is certainly different.” Dwelling on the final pages of ‘What Matters?’

“Many of the most important cultural experiences happen because of long-established institutions simply doing their job well long term...but...institutions are...continually required to spend significant effort demonstrating their immediate benefits.” Page 99 of ‘What Matters?’

My love affair with ‘What Matters? Talking Value in Australian Culture’ deepened on page 90. ‘If you add the overuse of managerial terms to basic human fear, you have all the ingredients for a tsunami of bullshit.’ @LabAdelaide

She choose to be ‘vaguely right rather than precisely wrong’ is going on my headstone. It’s safe to say that I’m finding a lot to think about, and enjoy, in ‘What matters? Talking value in Australian culture.’ @LabAdelaide

I’m in love with ‘What matters?’ Specifically page 21. ‘A transformational childhood experience of reading in a public library speaks powerfully to the value of libraries...statistically indistinguishable from the child who visited...to find the photocopier broken.’ #libraries