Well, romance novel publishing, anyway, which is – like a lot of publishing – very, very, very white. These Black authors are attempting to change that narrative, and that structure. Author Alyssa Cole, inspired by Ta-Nehisi Coates’ blog, says, “I was like, we were around for all this stuff! And I can make these stories that include us.”
Tag: 05.01.18
A Super-Simple, Non-Quantum Theory Of Eternal Consciousness
John Horgan considers the phenomenon of a philosopher dozing off at a conference (and himself dozing off while watching TV in bed) and arrives at the idea that consciousness may well be eternal – well, in effect, if not by strictest definition.
By Far The Most-Cited Authors On Wikipedia
A recent study conducted by the organization revealed something fascinating: A single academic paper, published by three Australian researchers in 2007, has been cited by Wikipedia editors over 2.8 million times—the next most popular work only shows up a little more than 21,000. And the researchers behind it didn’t have a clue.
Philosophers Are Hitting The Streets To Find Out If Their Ideas Have Real-World Applications
Experimental philosophy – that is, x-phi – isn’t new, but it is more and more common. “A well-known example of this kind of work is Knobe’s own finding, called the ‘side-effect effect’ or just the ‘Knobe effect’. In a nutshell, this is the finding that people judge a side-effect to be intentionally caused much more often when that side-effect is negative than when it’s positive.”
The Rise Of The Rural Creative Class (Yes, It’s Real)
“A growing body of research shows that innovative businesses are common in rural areas, and rural innovation gets a boost from the arts.” Richard Florida digests the data.
Here’s One Corporate Foundation That’s Increasing, Not Cutting, Its Support Of The Arts
“The list of regional art organizations receiving support from KeyBank includes Playhouse Square, the Cleveland Orchestra, Cleveland Museum of Art, and now, the Cleveland-based Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, which recently netted a $10 million donation – the largest in its history.”
Is Information Our New God?
Information technology and its effect on the way we think and feel is a crucial issue in our time. In his 1979 book The Postmodern Condition: A Report on Knowledge, Lyotard wrote, “It is conceivable that the nation-states will one day fight for control of information, just as they battled in the past for control over territory, and afterwards for control of access to and exploitation of raw materials and cheap labor.” This has come true. The information technology at a certain historical moment must determine, to some extent, the way that we communicate with each other.
We Need A New Model For Our Social Media
Ultimately, to challenge Facebook, Google, and the many unknown players of the data economy, we must devise new business models and structural incentives that aren’t rooted in manipulation and coercion; that don’t depend on the constant surveillance of users, on gathering information on everything they read and purchase, and on building that information into complex dossiers designed to elicit some action — a click, a purchase, a vote. We must move beyond surveillance capitalism and its built-in inequities.
How Max Hollein Got To The Met Museum
The museum advertised for a successor with “a highly developed EQ”, and Hollein seems to fit the bill. In San Francisco, as in Frankfurt, he is credited with energising curators, pushing the Fine Arts Museums to organise exhibitions in-house. Despite recently staging shows of paintings by Georg Baselitz and Julian Schnabel himself, he says: “I see myself as an artistic director, not as a curator.”
“Avengers” Has Crossed Over To Being REALLY Expensive TV
Viewed in a vacuum, Infinity War is meaningless. As a standalone film, it’s a mess. Characters pop up for one scene and then vanish again completely. Nobody has any meaningful screen time. The antagonist swans about with an entirely unearned sense of motivation. And there’s no emotional weight to the ending. It’s just a lot of stuff happening to people we’ve barely met. We may as well be watching it happen to extras. But, with 10 years of context behind it, Infinity War is deeply impressive. We’ve watched these characters grow and change and their relationships evolve in several ways.