Reading The Revolt of the Masses | Alexandria
Read The Revolt of the Masses by Jose Ortega y Gasset. Predicting doom, this 1930 icon warned that mass culture would replace excellence with mediocrity - and was eerily right. While championing democracy, Ortega revealed its shadow: when we worship averages, we lose the very innovation that lifted humanity. His shocking claim? True progress requires embracing hierarchy, not rejecting it.