Yearly Archives: 2023
Artificial Intelligence? Let’s Think For A Moment Beyond That
How would we deal with artificial beings with rich capacities for thought, experience, and feeling? What are our obligations to them? What of their...
The 100 Greatest Children’s Books of All Times (A BBC Culture Poll)
"BBC Culture polled 177 books experts from 56 countries in order to find the greatest children's books ever. From Where the Wild Things Are...
Yup — Using Big Words Doesn’t Make You Sound Smarter
“Complexity neither disguised the shortcomings of poor essays, nor enhanced the appeal of high-quality essays.” In other words, George Orwell got it right: “Never...
In Sydney, A Controversy Over How Often, And Why, To Permit Special Light Shows...
"The Sydney Opera House has reviewed the rules for lighting its iconic sails, as figures reveal they were lit up a record one night...
US Surgeon General Says Social Media Is “Profound Risk” To Youth
The surgeon general called on policymakers, tech companies, researchers and parents to “urgently take action” to safeguard against the potential risks. - The New...
Head Of Disney’s Theme Parks Division Says Company Won’t Cut Customer-Facing Staff Jobs
"As Disney pledges to enact $5.5 billion in cost-saving measures, Disney Parks Chairperson Josh D'Amaro said his department will also be making cuts, but...
Tschabalala Self Sculpture Of Black Woman Spray-Painted White By Vandals
"The work, titled Seated (2022), first appeared near King's Cross in London last year and is now being exhibited by the De la Warr...
Gia Kourlas Is Giving Balanchine Too Much Of A Pass For His Abusive Behavior
"Far too often, women in ballet have been disbelieved, gaslighted, judged, or blamed for the harms inflicted on them by their abusers. Kourlas continues...
Covering Cannes As A Journalist Is Glamorous And Exciting. It’s Also Grueling And Stressful
"One minute, your heart and mind are overthrown by a life-changing film (or) a miraculous performance. ... The next you're nearly sobbing with...
Georgia School District’s Book Bans May Violate Civil Rights Laws, Officials Warn
"The U.S. Department of Education has found that a suburban Atlanta school district's decision to remove some books from its libraries may have created...
Cliff Terry, Longtime Chicago Tribune Film Critic And Editor, Is Dead At 86
"He wrote a stream of reviews but refused, to the displeasure of bosses, to rate films by a star system. 'He always defended that...
EU Fines Meta, Facebook’s Corporate Parent, A Record $1.3 Billion For Sending European Users’...
"Meta has been hit with a record-breaking $1.3 billion fine (€1.2 billion) by EU data regulators, and ordered to stop transferring the Facebook data...
Philly Pops Updates Lawsuit Against Philadelphia Orchestra, Kimmel Center
In April, the Pops filed an antitrust lawsuit claiming the Philadelphia Orchestra and Kimmel Center used tactics intended to force the company out of business and create a...
In Several US State: Lend A Book, Go To Prison
Some of the laws impose severe penalties on librarians, who until now were exempted in almost every state from prosecution over obscene material —...
UCLA Picks A Local Star To Run Its Center For The Art Of Performance
An Angeleno who emigrated from Mexico at age 8, grew into a first-generation college student and climbed his way through the ranks of the...
Maureen Dowd: Classical Music Is Sexy!
“Let’s not forget that the word ‘climax’ is a common musical term,” the soprano Renée Fleming told me. “It has to do with musical...
Why Naked Standup Comedy Is Finding An Audience
The most surprising aspect of “The Naked Comedy Show” might be how asexual it is. The audience is meticulously polite, quick to laugh. The...
The Dizzying Downfall Of An A-List Art Advisor
In a dizzying fall from grace, Lisa Schiff was accused by a close friend and client of running a “Ponzi scheme” and misappropriating millions of...
Some Numbers: College Enrollment Slide To Tech, Away From Humanities
The number of students nationwide seeking four-year degrees in computer and information sciences and related fields shot up 34 percent from 2017 to 2022,...
Turns Out The Glasgow Subway Is Just Like Conservative Florida Schools
No full-body imagery of Michelangelo's David here, the Scots say: "The designs commissioned by the Barolo restaurant were rejected from spaces in the subway...
Making Art – And It Doesn’t Need To Be ‘Good’ Art – Is Superb...
OK, and this is possibly unexpected, "Coloring within the lines — of an intricate pattern, for example — appears to be especially effective" at...
Social Media And Emojis Are Fueling The Return Of An Ancient Filipino Writing System
"One glance at Filipino social media and you will find a recurrent set of waves, twists and inverted heart shapes. They’re more than just...
Steve McQueen’s New Documentary About Occupied Amsterdam Is Supposed To Be Challenging
"The weight of what happened was so heavy you can’t hold it in your head forever. If you forget things that’s OK because of...
In Order To Save Downtowns, We Need To Destroy Them
At least the way they're configured now. The issue: "What to do with office buildings when we don’t need offices anymore?" - Wired
Students Chant In Support Of Hollywood Writers As Head Of Warner Bros. Speaks
"Picketers and audience members broke out in chants, including, 'pay your writers!' as Zaslav spoke about his career experience" at Boston University. - Washington...
