Tyler Cowen interviews David Wolpe (YouTube, Creative Commons Attribution license)
Tyler Cowen interviews David Wolpe
George Mason University Economics Professor Tyler Cowen interviewed rabbi David Wolpe as part of his Conversations with Tyler series.
Cowen said Judaism is commentary upon commentary and social media tends to strip away context. People don’t click through on the hyperlinks.
Wolpe responded:
I think that Judaism has the same problem that any thick civilization has in a world in which, as you say, context is stripped away. And not only is context stripped away, but attention to any one thing is scanter and less than it used to be. So, for example, a lot of Jewish commentary is based on your recognizing the reference that I make. Who recognizes references anymore? Because people don’t spend years studying books.