Art in odd places

So, as for furthering the case against Pinker, who claims that contemporary art is all terrible, and is so terrible because the artists are ignoring human nature when creating their art, I give you this post.
Yes part of modern art is about doing crazy things like using found objects and scrap metal, but in many cases, this is a good thing, for two reasons. One, it forces the viewer to look at the aesthetics of every-day objects, and maybe actually learn to appreciate the every-day objects around us. Secondly, it is by doing crazy things like this that art grows. Surrealism has to be one of the bigger examples of this, as it is intentionally abstract and insane-looking, especially when compared to the outside observer, yet it was a major growth for art as a whole. It almost seems that Pinker is trying to form arguments against modern art simply because his personal view is that it doesn't look good, instead of trying to understand what the artists are doing, which is forcing us to look at the world differently.
Part of baffling your audience is getting them to think about why the piece is so baffling, and that is probably the point of the piece in the first place.

Cooperative Humans

At this point, I'm pretty sure that evolution-wise, it is human nature to be socialist, simply because we needed to work together to survive. However, I think that our nature has also been changed by our nation's capitalist mindset. In effect, the United States is really in the process of potentially changing an aspect of human nature. However, even if socialism wasn't part of human nature, it is something at should be worked towards. It's better to have everyone helping each other and making sure that people can actually survive than to have a very small group of wealthy people screwing everyone else over.