

Two cultures and the consumers of complexity
Are we still two cultures? In 1959, the scientist and author CP Snow gave a lecture entitled ‘Two Cultures’. CP Snow’s speech was about the failure of the humanities to understand scientific culture. This argued failure of the humanities persisted despite the dramatic effect of scientific culture on building the modern world. Snow said: “A good many times I have been present at gatherings of people who, by the standards of the traditional culture, are thought highly educated