I finally saw the new Star Wars: The Force Awakens movie, which is much like the old Star Wars movie of 1977….
As with Harry Potter and many other recent blockbusters, the central theme remains Heredity Uber Alles…
One of these days I’m going to have to write up an explanation for why heredity became such a magnetic force in popular culture in the 1970s, just as heredity was being driven out of serious intellectual culture.
