Tag: 05.16.21
AI Will Win, Of Course. The Question Is How Humans Will Adapt
"There is going to be massive disruption. The technology is developing very rapidly, possibly exponentially. But people are linear. When linear people are faced...
The Hidden Treasures Of The St. Louis Central Library
"First editions of Palladio and Alberti as well as 16th century printings of Vitruvius — oh, and first editions of Piranesi etchings that once...
Jeopardy Contestant’s Innocent Hand Gesture Sends Conspiracists Wild
Kelly Donohue’s three fingers, Snopes pointed out, symbolize the number “three.” After his first victory, he waved one finger. After his second victory, he...
Simon Rattle Asks UK Ministers For Help With Brexit And The London Symphony Orchestra
Brexit regulations are not great for the LSO, which had 99 tour dates booked in Europe before the pandemic canceled them all. "It’s all...
Katherine Barber, Founding Editor Of The Canadian English Dictionary, 61
The woman who entered "jambusters" in the (well, her) dictionary read popular novels and listened to parliamentary debates to find the most Canadian English...
Chicago Had The Most Radical Advice Columnist Of The Roaring ’20s
That is, the '20s that were a century ago. Princess Mysteria's columns in The Defender "presented a stark contrast with other advice writing of...
There’s A Brief Post-Lockdown Window For Britons To See Their Museums Devoid Of Tourist...
And that seems like something to celebrate, and take advantage of, to a lot of museum directors. "We know that all museums’ audiences will...
The Video Game Platform That Spawned Its Own Music Genre
You might this it's Nintendo - the soundtracks to Super Mario Bros. and Donkey Kong sure can linger in one's brain - but instead...
What Happened To AT&T’s Big Warner Media Plans?
They evaporated in the span of three years. One of those was an extremely weird year, to be sure, but three years. "AT&T found...
The New Joys Of Experiencing Performance Three Different Ways
If you could see a dance performance inside the theatre (with other masked, socially distanced audience members), outside (same, but less distance), or via...
In Paris, Bookstores Are Essential Landmarks – And Struggling To Survive
Paris has lost 30 percent of its independent bookshops in the last 20 years, despite a lot of government intervention: "Small shops qualify for...