Similar sentiment about the complex transaction of not partaking in parts of culture because of what you&#x27;ve been told about it: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;nplusonemag.com&#x2F;issue-6&#x2F;the-intellectual-situation&#x2F;the-hype-cycle&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;nplusonemag.com&#x2F;issue-6&#x2F;the-intellectual-situation&#x2F;t...</a><p>Teaser:<p>&quot;Of course there was never any such thing as truly independent aesthetic judgment. No cultural artifact ever appears out of nowhere, to be taken purely on its own terms; there is always what reception theory calls “a horizon of expectation.” And who would want to possess independent aesthetic judgment anyway? It would mean you were impervious to the enthusiasms of your friends and the arguments of critics; it would mean that you were a total blockhead, ineducable, stupid.&quot;