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MIT researchers have landed on something: AI makes individuals more creative and groups less so (MIT). Creativity, it turns out, is social infrastructure.
Exhibit A: the Boston Symphony, where conductor Andris Nelsons and CEO Chad Smith haven’t had a meaningful conversation in two years (Boston Globe) — a world-class collective that stopped talking (Boston Magazine). Contrast Vienna, where Alessandra Ferri says she runs the State Ballet on vision rather than strategy (Hube) — leadership as chamber music, not an org chart.
Madrid renters facing eviction turned their apartment block into a stage and every news channel into an audience (The Guardian) to protest their landlords. In Moscow, art has moved into kitchens and living rooms — private shows, oblique theatre, a rerun of the late Soviet years (The New York Times) as the political climate has turned oppressive.
And Salzburg has unveiled 300 gold statuettes of Mozart, each with his favorite dog, Pimperl (AP).
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