4 January

Fish don’t know water exists until they’re beached. I don’t think we see our culture as a culture, we see it as just as how things are. Take the idea of ‘having a good time’. While nearly every part of the planet devotes some time to recreation, historically it’s one of the surest markers of wealth. It’s an invention of the aristocracy. When we disengage with the problems of our societies and focus on recreation, I don’t think we often see how much we are the world’s aristocrats.