economics and dance; response to ivarhargendoorn.com

if economics is built on the concept of scarcity, why is popular culture worth more (in money value) than art built on more rarefied time and space? and as people begin to see the value of things that cost less, how do we increase the support for the arts that are concerned with public conscience as well as self-gratification? is economics even built on the concept of scarcity? disposable income is a lot easier to lose (like on money for food, rather than money on rent) because we don't necessarily control our everyday expenses as well as we should. what if going to art things and practicing art things become part of our daily life and part of our disposable incomes such that they become a permanent fixture? what if people can buy 'rent' on art cards? for instance buying packages that they then convert for specific tickets as the time for the show comes closer. art that you can get money back on (but returns in kind - ie they get replacement tickets resulting in building tolerance but less skeptically, increasing appreciation for artwork 'good' or 'bad' and also supporting the practice of going to theatres/artspaces), just as a good chef might replace your meal if it is not satisfying.

hubris

what math has to teach all disciplines. (?)
when we practice math, we add, subtract, divide and multiply. we differentiate and integrate. though value is involved, (1+1 = 2), value judgments are not. adding and subtracting coexist quite peacefully. they do not go to war. if we can understand that as a meaningful principle and not just another exercise in drudgery and meaninglessness, perhaps we can understand how catholicism, islam, buddhism, paganism, atheism and in fact all religious and non-religious beliefs, can live and learn from each other quite painlessly. further, although there is a fair mix of values, there are still correct answers (so that negates, say, cannibalism as a 'religion' - because it undermines humanity) and amongst these correct answers, more-elegant answers.
perhaps math is the meta-logic linking everything in the world. and it is not a dry collection of symbols either- different minds interpret the symbols and present the logic quite differently. it simply is. if this fact can be communicated effectively at childhood education levels, maybe we will see our own lives as differentials of an integrated whole.