Individual receptive capacity is finite while objective culture grows infinitely

Evidence

From the many contents which offer themselves as means for individual development, the self selects circumspectly. Its receptive capacity is limited by the degree of unity and closure it has already attained as well as by the limitations of time and energy of each individual life. The development of objective culture, on the other hand, knows no such limits. It can draw on the contributions of numberless individuals over many generations. “There is no reason why it should not be multiplied in the direction of the infinite, why book should not be added to book, work of art to work of art, or invention to invention. The form of objectivity as such possesses a boundless capacity for fulfillment.” — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 33

Categorization

• XREF: The finite capacity of the self versus the boundless growth of objective culture is the material cause of the metropolitan blasé attitude. — connects to: Objective culture grows far faster than subjective individual culture — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 760; The metropolis reduces individuals to negligible cogs in an objective culture — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 760; Overwhelming objective culture forces individuals to exaggerate their peculiarities — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 760 (+5 more)

Related

• The metropolis reduces individuals to negligible cogs in an objective culture (similarity 0.87)
• Objective and subjective culture are distinct measurable phenomena (similarity 0.86)
• Objective and subjective culture grow by fundamentally different logics (similarity 0.85)
• Overwhelming objective culture forces individuals to exaggerate their peculiarities (similarity 0.85)
• Objective culture grows far faster than subjective individual culture (similarity 0.83)
• Individual mental distinctiveness emerges only from contact with objective culture. (similarity 0.82)
• Subjective and objective culture necessarily oppose each other (similarity 0.80)

Broader Connections

• Objective and subjective culture grow by fundamentally different logics #expands (0.80) — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 32
• Subjective and objective culture necessarily oppose each other #expands (0.70) — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 84
• Constant information overload structurally undermines the capacity for independent thought #exemplifies (0.55) — George Michelsen Foy, Zero Decibels, 453