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It Took Years, Nearly 50 Million Dollars, And Sweat Equity To Turn A 40-Year Vacant Movie Theatre Into A Music Venue

When a couple bought the Bridgeport, Illinois space for $1, they weren’t, perhaps, thinking it would take quite this much. "When asked if the project lives up to the initial idea they had back in 2017, Emily Nevius quickly responds, ‘This is so much bigger.’" - Chicago Sun-Times

What Can Movies Teach About Marriage?

Perhaps it’s not ideal to take Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? as marriage advice, but movies, including that one, have a lot to teach, or so says one fan. - NPR

Sure, The New J-Lo Movie Is A Celebrity Vanity Project

But why aren’t more celebrities using their money for this kind of baffling, joyous, wacky creative venture? “It is genuinely exciting to see an A-lister in the pursuit of pure, honest, sincere cringe." - Slate

AI And The End Of Websites

”In the future, a company’s AI agent—basically the AI version of that company—will be just as important as their website,” says Taylor. “It's going to completely change the way companies exist digitally.” - Wired

Why Fight Over Equality? Just Define It My Way

In a famous essay, the economist and philosopher Amartya Sen pointed out that we are all in favour of equality. We just disagree about whether we mean equality of money, or power, or respect, or legal standing, or whatever. - Literary Review

The Copyright Wars (In Perspective)

Though invisible to most people, copyright, the authors point out, is the legal matrix underlying the wealth of nations today, with copyrights in design, software and popular culture accounting for nearly all the valuation of “six of the largest corporations in the world — Apple, Microsoft, Alphabet, Amazon, Meta and Disney.” - Washington Post

Can Humans Survive AI?

“Biological extinction, that’s not the point. The light of humanity and our understanding, our intelligence — our consciousness, if you will — can go on without meat humans.” - Jacobin

The Allure Of The Grand Gesture

Classic grand gestures from novels and films are defined by a kind of sacrifice: hallmarks include the willingness to be rejected. - The Point

How Diversity Has Made Elite Universities Better

Efforts to grow and embrace diversity at America’s great research universities have made them better than ever. If you want excellence, you need to find, attract, and support talent from every sector of society, not just from privileged groups and social classes. - The Atlantic

Americans Have Stopped Hanging Out

This young century, Americans have collectively submitted to a national experiment to deprive ourselves of camaraderie in the world of flesh and steel, choosing instead to grow (and grow and grow) the time we spend by ourselves, gazing into screens. It’s been a weird experiment. And the results haven’t been pretty. - The Atlantic

Why We Need Theory

The vocation of theory to give us perspective on the production of ideas—on their historical conjuncture, their class interests, their philosophical deficiencies, their determined style—flounders in the current anti-idea immediatism. - e-flux

The Neuroscience Behind Our Connections To Music

Music preferences can reflect emotional states and change with life experiences, suggesting a deep psychological connection to the types of music individuals choose. - Neuroscience News

How Do Social Media People Create Those Art, But Make It Sports Posts?

"Oftentimes, you will see on social media people post a photo from a sports event and say, ‘Hang it in the Louvre,' as a indication that they can see something that's artistic about it. And then I come in and actually find the piece of art that sports image actually resembles.” - PBS

Great Movies Don’t Get Their Casts By Magic

Instead, it’s the casting directors’ hard work that makes a great movie - and that will soon be recognized by the Academic of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. In short, the Casting Oscar is coming. - MSN (The Atlantic)

When The Audience Turns On Influencers It Once Loved

People are increasingly turning to gossip forums like Tattle Life, Guru Gossip, GOMI (“Get Off My Internets”) and the Blogsnark subreddit to critique the influencers they follow. On these forums, users pick apart everything from the influencer’s social media content to their appearance. - The Conversation

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