Douglas McLennan
Doug is the editor of ArtsJournal
Are Master’s Degrees An Educational Scam?
In some ways, they’re more similar than they might seem. Many of them are one-year certificate programs. We don’t call them that. We call them master’s...
Is Changing The Name Of The Yale Drama School Worth A Big Donation?
To quote Shakespeare, “what’s in a name?” Quite a lot, it turns out, in these days of societal reckoning. - Los Angeles Times
The Anthony Bourdain Voice-Fake: Documentaries Have Been Faking For Some Time Now
A reenactment and a voice fake actually do different versions of the same thing: Both cement a reality in your mind — the image...
Here’s a Counter-Factual: Social Media Is Making Us… Nicer?
In person, we still know how to be classy friends. But class is tricky on social media. No one can be expected to read...
Ian McKellen’s Epic “Hamlet” Production Loses Two Actors
The Mail on Sunday reported that the two actors had dropped out because of clashes that had taken place since rehearsals began. It said...
Why We All Need To Pay Attention To How Artificial Intelligence Works
Each link is a small expression of intelligence, and the algorithm, even without users being aware, extracts and accumulates that intelligence in the form...
Painting Restoration Takes The Smile Off
The restoration work not only reveals the rogue addition of an upturned smile, but also a jarring strip of dirty sky added to make...
Hong Kong Book Fair Slims Down With Self-Censorship
This year, far fewer politically sensitive books are on display. Vendors are curating their books carefully to avoid violating the national security law, which...
New Study Confirms 1972 MIT Study That Collapse Of Civilization Is Imminent
It concludes that the current business-as-usual trajectory of global civilization is heading toward the terminal decline of economic growth within the coming decade—and at...
“Digital Twinning” Is Revolutionizing How We Solve Problems
The technology, which involves creating a digital clone of a real-world object or system, is revolutionising the fields of healthcare, manufacturing and logistics. It...
For A Culture Of Innovation You Need Arts Spaces
My research findings demonstrate how honing imagination and wonder is essential to creating cultures dedicated to innovative and responsible corporate practices demanded by a...
Brexit Has Made It A Nightmare For UK Bands To Tour Europe
“This is about whether one of the U.K.’s most successful industries, worth £111 billion a year, is allowed to prosper and contribute hugely to...
Seriously? Producers Used AI To Fake Anthony Bourdain’s Voice on Documentary
The synthetic voice was created by feeding more than 10 hours of Mr Bourdain's voice into a machine-learning system. - BBC
Facebook Wants To Pay Video-Makers. It Could Be A Tough Sell
Many creators — who make and profit off meme-y online content — have already flocked to rival platforms like YouTube and TikTok, which invested...
Turning Point: COVID Lockdown Has Freed Dance From Its Confines
We have embodied elements of resistance—resisting what a “dancer” looks like, what a dance “should” look like. And perhaps most importantly, we have resisted...
The Romance Of Going To Space Has Been Corrupted By Profit
The notion that private corporations ought to achieve something that states have been able to do since the 1960s—fly to space—is a peculiarly U.S....
There Is No Debate About Critical Race Theory – It’s One Side Arguing With...
The Republican operatives, who dismiss the expositions of critical race theorists and anti-racists in order to define critical race theory and anti-racism, and then...
Study: Culture Warriors On The Left Are Angrier Than Those on the Right
Those at the liberal end of the debate consistently have more negative views of conservatives than the other way round. - Prospect
Study: Gut Bacteria In Boys Linked To Heightened Brain Cognition
Boys at one year of age with a gut bacterial composition that was high in the bacteria Bacteroidetes were found to have more advanced...
Career Paths In Theatre Are Messed Up
"Am I, at age 35, five years into my job, just part of the next generation who will stay in their cool theater jobs...
British MPs Propose Reform Of Music Streaming Revenue Sharing
In a report, they said royalties should be split 50/50, instead of the current rate, where artists receive about 16%. - BBC
The Therapy Game – How Games Are Therapy
Therapy can and even sometimes should feel like a game. For when we play, we are present. But more importantly, we are malleable, dropping...
Study: We Could Prevent 20 Percent Of Deaths By Redesigning Cities
Research has shown, for instance, that 20% of all deaths could be prevented if cities were designed to meet the recommendations for physical activity,...
We Need Literature To Tell Untold Stories. But When Is It Appropriation?
How can writers tell and translate stories about marginalized groups without exploitation or appropriation? - Metropolitan (Japan)
Prospect’s List Of The World’s Top Fifty Thinkers
When we turn to the world of ideas, this is a year for people who are individualists by temperament, if not intellect. - Prospect
