Demoscene accepted as UNESCO cultural heritage in Germany
I'm a (retired? infinitely procrastinating?) demoscener and to be frank I've never understood this effort. What does it help anyone that some bureacrats somewhere put the demoscene on the same list as folk dances, saunas, and "the Gastronomic meal of the French"?<p>I mean sure, it's impressive that they pulled it off - I wouldn't expect whoever decides these things to understand much about computer art subcultures, but I don't know what the benefit is, to anyone.<p>EDIT: I just realized that <i>of course</i> the answer is, like anything demosceners do, "because we can". What was I thinking?