13. "the only objective variable, imo, is "does it work?"" In response to In response to 11 Fri Feb-06-15 12:15 PM by hardware
which is a variable dependent on a 'goal'
which in turn is dependent on a set of interests and values, which are themselves subjective and different depending on the individual(s)
maybe there can't really be any objective variables. thats not to say that's a bad thing necessarily. but i think being cognizant of it when given terms of 'like/dislike' 'taste' 'talent' 'classic', etc, is worthy of some thought about if there really are some goalposts to hit.
we're still talking about art btw.
if this was like infrastructure or government or something like that, then we could talk more concretely.