Quote of the Day

Walter Benjamin (1895-1942) was one of the thinkers associated with the Frankfurt School, and wrote quite a bit on aesthetics and culture. Here's an idea he expressed that bears repeating:

"Opinions are to the vast apparatus of social
existence what oil is to machines: one does
not go up to a turbine and pour machine oil
over it; one applies a little to hidden spindles
and joints that one has to know."