“There is no Robert Moses anymore. Michael Bloomberg wants to be one. In fact, he promised he would build 10 more of my buildings in New York, but, you know, he hasn’t yet. Architecture’s difficult.”
Tag: 06.13
Algorithms Are Running Everything Now – Even Movies
“Thousands of times every second, above your head, someone will search for something on Google. It will be an algorithm that determines what they see; an algorithm that is their gatekeeper to the internet. It will be another algorithm that determines what adverts accompany the search–gatekeeping does not pay for itself.”
The Problem With French Children’s Fiction
“A browse through the children’s section of a French bookshop will uncover beautifully illustrated, expensively produced books -including a baffling number about wolves – but to an English reader, their content rarely lives up to the creativity of the presentation, nor are they much fun to read aloud.” Yet the children’s non-fiction is excellent. Mais pourquoi?
The Internet Makes Us Think We’re Seeing More (But Are We Actually Seeing Less?)
“While it’s easier than ever to share information and perspectives from different parts of the world, we may now often encounter a narrower picture of the world than in less connected days.”
Why Did The Rite Of Spring Inspire Only One Riot?
“Where was the next riot? Trumpeted by the media, The Rite Of Spring should have incited copycat brawls in dozens of theatres, howls of urban outrage, hyperactive manifestos. And nothing happened. Aside from two disturbances in Vienna at the outbreak of Arnold Schoenberg’s atonalities … the public sat back in their seats and let radical novelties wash over their nodding heads.”