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There is this tremendous amount of arrogance and hubris, where somebody can look at something for five minutes and dismiss it. whether you talk about gaming or 20th century classical music, you can't do it in five minutes. you can't listen to 'the rite of spring' once and understand what stravinsky was all about.
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There is this tremendous amount of arrogance and hubris, where somebody can look at something for five minutes and dismiss it. whether you talk about gaming or 20th century classical music, you can't do it in five minutes. you can't listen to 'the rite of spring' once and understand what stravinsky was all about.
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