
On Lists and Rankings – A Madness in the Method
In the Autumn of 2019, the left leaning The Guardian newspaper of England started to publish a list of 100 best of culture of the twenty-first century https://www.theguardian.com/culture/series/best-culture-of-the-21st-century-so-far/2019/sep/16/all . I looked forward to reading the first list, ‘The 100 Best TV Shows of the 21st Century”, and I even felt a rush of adrenaline as…