This is another instance of an insidious modern meme that states that people with non-mainstream skill X should be okay with it dying out because it's not mainstream. It's just a long-winded way to call something irrelevant without actually saying that.
But we know we can't call it that, so we dress it up in pseudo-intellectual bullshit, citing "pragmatism" and using misdirection: "oh, but who can actually appreciate such an obscure thing?" It's exceedingly presumptuous on the speaker's part.
The world's a big place, but it's only as big as we perceive it to be. Don't let people who need it to be smaller tell you what to think.
But we know we can't call it that, so we dress it up in pseudo-intellectual bullshit, citing "pragmatism" and using misdirection: "oh, but who can actually appreciate such an obscure thing?" It's exceedingly presumptuous on the speaker's part.
The world's a big place, but it's only as big as we perceive it to be. Don't let people who need it to be smaller tell you what to think.