When it comes to the future of podcasting we are all philistines

I was reminded of today’s word while listening to The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde. The word is philistine. I have always known I didn’t want to be called a philistine, I just wasn’t sure what it meant specifically.

Turns out a Philistine, with a capital P, is a native of Philistia, an ancient areas that is now known as the the south western part of Palestine or Canaan. The Philistines occupied the five cities of Gaza, "Ashkelon">Ashkelon, Ashdod, Ekron, and
Gath.

When philistine isn’t capitalized it is an noun- a low brow person uninterested in intellectual or artistic pursuits. A person who is uninformed or ignorant in a particular area of study. One dictionary included the connotation that a philistine is drawn to or motivated by material gain- selfish.