Renaissance art was a weapon - Ada Palmer - YouTube
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Obviously, we remember the spirit producing all these great cultural artifacts, all these amazing buildings, all this art. And then we're talking about the precariousness of the Franks, the constant wars. How is there all this surplus available for education and art and so forth? >> So, half of that answer is finance is incredibly profitable. But B, do you remember how it's often said that the biggest impact per dollar for US defense spending is the Fulbright program because diplomacy is cheaper than war. They're using the art to do diplomacy. And so in one sense, if you're not doing the…
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