I think you have the situation reversed on cultivation in that cultivation occurs naturally in any given environment. This class of individuals will become fluid their their adoption of the tropes and mannerisms and see the connections between the myriad of the ways in which they function. this is similar to, but not exactly the same as, the ability to be fluent in a language, because any language when taught to children becomes a native language even if it was artificial before. Thus, whether it is purchasable is orthogonal to whether or not it is actually important: you can make money selling cultivation and many people do, however one can be extremely poor but extremely cultivated at the same time. There are a myriad of characters in novels which use this schtick.
In the same sentence what is cultivated changes radically over time, for example in the Tang Dynasty there was a collection of writings and poetry which made the core of cultivation and the ability to produce simulations thereof was considered essential for the proof of cultivation. I cannot think that either of us could be called cultivated in the Tang Dynasty.
To take one of your side notes: I do not know if there is any situation where a child should be spanked. I must assume that there is some circumstance which a very tiny fraction might be, because there are a small number of children which have deficiencies in their brain. However, I have never spanked my child. My significant other has never spanked her child. And we do not let anyone else spank the child in our absence. and I have never met a child who might benefit from being spanked. In the spanking equation, it is the parent which feels better not be child in all of the cases which I have observed.
I don't think cultivation is a matter of societal consensus. It's an inner state, associated with appreciation of nuance in all forms, including artistic nuance. Thus, what some societies consider cultivation might not actually be true cultivation. And in societies where cultivation is unknown as a concept there could still be cultivated people.
Exactly so. Remember, human beings are Social animals and their most an internal cultivation for their to be and external consensus. So it is both/and rather than either/ or.
I think you have the situation reversed on cultivation in that cultivation occurs naturally in any given environment. This class of individuals will become fluid their their adoption of the tropes and mannerisms and see the connections between the myriad of the ways in which they function. this is similar to, but not exactly the same as, the ability to be fluent in a language, because any language when taught to children becomes a native language even if it was artificial before. Thus, whether it is purchasable is orthogonal to whether or not it is actually important: you can make money selling cultivation and many people do, however one can be extremely poor but extremely cultivated at the same time. There are a myriad of characters in novels which use this schtick.
In the same sentence what is cultivated changes radically over time, for example in the Tang Dynasty there was a collection of writings and poetry which made the core of cultivation and the ability to produce simulations thereof was considered essential for the proof of cultivation. I cannot think that either of us could be called cultivated in the Tang Dynasty.
To take one of your side notes: I do not know if there is any situation where a child should be spanked. I must assume that there is some circumstance which a very tiny fraction might be, because there are a small number of children which have deficiencies in their brain. However, I have never spanked my child. My significant other has never spanked her child. And we do not let anyone else spank the child in our absence. and I have never met a child who might benefit from being spanked. In the spanking equation, it is the parent which feels better not be child in all of the cases which I have observed.
I don't think cultivation is a matter of societal consensus. It's an inner state, associated with appreciation of nuance in all forms, including artistic nuance. Thus, what some societies consider cultivation might not actually be true cultivation. And in societies where cultivation is unknown as a concept there could still be cultivated people.
Exactly so. Remember, human beings are Social animals and their most an internal cultivation for their to be and external consensus. So it is both/and rather than either/ or.