"Anyone read Greta Thunberg’s book? or have an opinion about soup? Be substantive, be polite, be talking about climate"
says
to point out our trivial preoccupations with and fetishization of our artifacts as opposed to life and the biosphere
… and question the huge investment in and ecological footprint of all art and other museums, while there are millions of unhoused people, the energy required to operate them could be used by people in need, the land occupied by the museums could have a myriad of truly valuable uses, the list of opportunity costs is long...
I do have an opinion about the soup. It reminded me of one of the famous ethical dilemmas: a museum is on fire, inside there is a dog and a unique painting, you can save only one, which one would you choose?