Let's celebrate the spirit of that spectacular central idea, the master engineers who brought it to life and even the executives who greenlighted this crazy, offbeat product.
To counter that idea, the master littered his evidence with vignetttes from his diary to remind us that this was all a sideshow, while the real world seized most of his attention: the foundation hospitals vote in the Commons, the Olympic bid, a weekend of foreign heads of state, a 36-hour round-the-world trip - lightly mentioned in passing.
According to the classical model of protest, strategy (the big idea, the master plan) falls to a movement's leaders, while tactics (the moves you make, the signs you wave, the action in the street) fall to the people on the ground.
"Money follows ideas," Mr. Master said approvingly.
"That would be a useless idea," the Masters champion said.
Amanda Sharp, co-director of the Frieze fairs, said she got the idea for Masters after spending an evening listening to contemporary artists talk about 17th-century varnishes.
Chilvers adds that a lot of musicians – although by no means all – find generative music a challenge, because it means relinquishing control, and the idea of mastering an instrument.
It felt like everyone in the Berkman community was open to such conversations; I'll always appreciate that [Berkman Faculty Director] Jonathan Zittrain took a half-hour out of his day to talk over my nascent ideas for master's thesis research.
If you give up on the idea of mastering any single topic (20 years) in the short to medium term, you could instead reach Journeyman level in 3 subjects (12 years), Apprentice level in 6 subjects (5 years) and beginner level in 18 subjects (3 years).
