The Prejudice of Amplitude Part Two
Having established the idea that there might be something called a ‘prejudice of amplitude’ - a notion that if something is bigger it must somehow inherently be better - I wanted to extend that concept into other fields of thinking. Physical size can dwarf and impress us - from tall, muscular bodyguards to vast, ocean-going liners, we are supposed to be awed by size. But that awe can trickle into other areas of thought by a kind of associative osmosis. We can come to feel t
The Prejudice of Amplitude Part One
I wanted to talk to you about size. The Facebook arm of the Inner Circle Writers’ Group hovers around 12,500 members. The group adds members every day, in ones and twos, and has grown consistently since it was launched back in July last year. (A handful leave when they realise that the group is not just a rolling billboard of ads on which they can constantly promote their own book, unlike many other writers' groups.) A few members are wary of this - they don’t want the thin