“It falls to those seeking fair equity to propose a new way to allocate resources, with all the pros and cons on the table, for there to be a basis of discussion. Put another way, those who call for redressing inequity — and here I’ll expand this discussion to include diversity and inclusion, which suffer from the same definitional complexities — must propose ways to achieve the equity they seek.”
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Tempting As It Is To Think That Hard Work Matters More Than Talent…
“Far from undervaluing effort, Americans seems to overestimate the potential of their own endeavour. A 2014 study by Pew Research found that 73 per cent of Americans believe that hard work is very important to success, the highest out of all the countries surveyed. Only 49 per cent of Germans agreed. We know, from a growing pile of evidence from many different sources, that while innate ability is far from the only contributor to success, it is probably the best predictor of it.”
Scholar Who Announced ‘Jesus’s Wife’ Papyrus Acknowledges It’s Probably Fake
Harvard professor Karen L. King, following an exposé by The Atlantic on the provenance of the papyrus fragment and the man who presented it to King, said, “It appears now that all the material Fritz gave to me concerning the provenance of the papyrus … were fabrications.”
Even As It Prepared For Liquidation, CD Distributor Asked Labels For More Inventory
“While the company is a year or more behind on some sales payments, Allegro was still sending out purchase orders requesting more merchandise until very recently, says [one indie label manager]. ‘The last purchase order we got was June 2. It was one day before they called employees into a conference room and let them go with a check and said ‘So long’.'”
With Small UK Lit Enterprises Losing Funding, Writers Have To Do More Work To Get Noticed
“If you are an emerging writer now, there are more channels for you to get in front of the eyeballs of a publisher but you have to do a lot of the work yourself. There’s less work done by editors and publishers – they wait for writers to come to them with manuscripts that are fully formed.”
UK Proposal To Have Brit-Made Quota For Streaming Services
Streaming services would be placed under the sort of obligation to support domestic production that already applies to media companies such as the BBC. If the rules are adopted, a minimum of 20% of the catalogue of Netflix and the like would have to be “European”.
Grammys To Make Online-Only Music Eligible
“The effort here is to protect the integrity of the Grammy Awards, and so sometimes that means typing up some rules, and sometimes that means loosening up some rules, sometimes that means contracting a category, sometimes that means adding a category.”
Art Basel Sales Suggest A More Cautious Art Market
“Basel was more conservative this year both in terms of what people brought and what people were buying. Clients are nervous about buying works by younger artists if they’re not sure where their careers are going.”
“Dory” Smashes Opening Weekend Box Office Records With $140 Million Ticket Sales
“Dory” will demolish the nine-year-old record for best domestic animated opening, set by “Shrek the Third” in 2007 with $121.6 million. “Minions” was the second largest at $115.7 million, followed by Disney/Pixar’s “Toy Story 3” with $110 million.
Hollywood North Is Booming (Betting On B.C.)
“Why the sudden spike? For starters, Hollywood values Vancouver for its trained crews, studio space and a record for handling such major productions as next month’s feature Star Trek Beyond, or the Ryan Reynolds blockbuster Deadpool, which hired more than 2,000 local cast, crew and extras. Geography gives B.C. another upside.”