If we were to line up academic disciplines in the order of their speed of change in step with the times, the study of law will come at the very end. It is because laws change only after numerous precedents have been accumulated over time. Since laws change with the majority, not minority, consent of the people, law is considered the most conservative field of study. Then which academic disciplines adapt quickly to the changing times? I believe that art and technology stand at the forefront. In art, a small number of creative geniuses are always the first to read the changing trend of the times when creating their artwork. As a result, the public does not necessarily love or agree with their work, which are often considered strange. Great artworks in history that we love today might have been thought of as bizarre and unconventional in their time. Even today, people do not tend to enjoy and love modern art but rather think of it as strange and curious.

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客座编辑介绍：历史研究在第四次工业革命时代的作用

如果我们按照学科与时俱进的变化速度来排列学科，那么法律的研究就会走到最后。这是因为法律只有在许多先例积累起来之后才会改变。由于法律随着大多数人而非少数人的同意而变化，因此法律被认为是最保守的研究领域。那么哪些学科能够快速适应时代的变化呢？我相信艺术和技术站在最前沿。在艺术领域，少数创意天才在创作作品时总是最先了解时代变化的趋势。因此，公众不一定喜欢或同意他们的工作，这通常被认为是奇怪的。我们今天喜爱的历史上伟大的艺术品在他们的时代可能会被认为是奇异的和非常规的。