“Taken as a whole, the findings indicate that bullshitting is more than just a psychological phenomenon rooted in our own delusions – it’s socially constructed.”
Tag: 05.07.18
It’s Lazy To Blame Our Technologies For Our Self-Absorption
We should let go of the idea that our technologies are us, that we are somehow the sum total of the platforms we use… Just maybe, if more people can be convinced that this wealth of culture offers them a mirror to themselves, they might be willing to put down the phone for a few minutes and gaze inside.
A Woman Who Was A ‘One-Album Wonder’ By Choice
Sometimes, escaping an industry (especially one bent on feeding frenzies around young women) is better than fading away. Margo Guryan: “You got owned by these people. … I guess I had about enough ‘daddy’ when I was 5, and I just didn’t like being told what to do.”
Five Cities Whose Art Scenes Are On The Rise
Not only do these worldwide sites offer unique art experiences, but they are also being credited with pushing the international contemporary art scene in new directions.
How A Controversial Fan-Driven Convention Collapsed
Universal FanCon — the pop culture convention that crashed and burned late last month — was supposed to build on this momentum, bringing together legions of geeks who had always been relegated to the lonely margins of geekdom. Which helps explain why people were so outraged and heartbroken by its abrupt collapse.
How A Threatened Sale Is Killing Westminster Choir College
The uncertainty has already chilled interest in Westminster, where annual tuition is $37,650: the incoming class of freshmen and graduate students is expected to be half the normal size of roughly 110, faculty members estimate.
How Jack Benny Became A Template For Comedians
In May 1932, with vaudeville in a death spiral due to the Great Depression, Benny turned to the growing entertainment medium of broadcast radio. It was Benny’s understanding of radio’s unique challenges—and his ingenious solutions to them—that helped him become the number one comedian in radio history, forging a template that many imitators and competitors would follow.
Bookstore Pulls Books By Junot Diaz, Sherman Alexie, David Foster Wallace From Shelves
Says Allison Krzanowski, co-owner of Quill Books & Beverage in Westbrook, Maine, “There are plenty of authors who aren’t sexually assaulting and sexually harassing people, so we make more space for them by removing the ones who are. … There have been some people who think we are banning books, and to that, I say it is our choice not to carry products. … We have a ‘safe space’ commitment, and that extends to our shelves.”
A New International Court For Art Disputes
“A new body dedicated exclusively to resolving art disputes, the Court of Arbitration for Art (CAA), will be formally launched 7 June in the Hague by the Netherlands Arbitration Institute (NAI) and the nonprofit Authentication in Art. Instead of being decided by judges and juries, cases will be heard by arbitrators who are seasoned lawyers familiar with industry practice and issues specific to art disputes. Scientific and provenance experts, who are often essential to proving authenticity and title to an artwork, will be appointed by the court rather than hired by the disputing parties.”
Edwin G. Burrows, 74, Pulitzer Prize-Winning Historian Of New York City
Burrows and co-author Mike Wallace, both professors at the City University of New York, won a Pulitzer for the 1,148-page Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898.