“By simply changing the appearance and physical structure of a building’s bottom three metres, they can exert a dramatic impact on the manner in which a city is used. Not only are people more likely to walk around in cityscapes with open and lively façades, but the kinds of things that they do in such places actually change.”
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Did Malcolm Rogers Save Boston’s Museum Of Fine Arts Or Wreck It?
“Rogers opened the museum’s doors; made strides in diversifying its collection and audience, if not its board and staff; and oversaw 102 new or renovated galleries and a refurbished building. The campus now includes a spacious new Art of the Americas Wing, the Linde Family Wing for Contemporary Art, a vast visitor center, and a high-ceilinged interior courtyard with a sleek café. He also leaves a community deeply divided over his legacy.”
We Are The Stories We Tell? Don’t Believe It
“We story ourselves and we are our stories. There’s a remarkably robust consensus about this claim, not only in the humanities but also in psychotherapy. It’s standardly linked with the idea that self-narration is a good thing, necessary for a full human life.” But it isn’t true.
This Is What Happens When Universities Sell Their Souls
“College is seldom about thinking or learning anymore. Everyone is running around trying to figure out what it is about. So far, they have come up with buzzwords.”
Is Scientific Research Just More Wrong Than It Used To Be?
“By one estimate, from 2001 to 2010, the annual rate of retractions by academic journals increased by a factor of 11 (adjusting for increases in published literature, and excluding articles by repeat offenders) [2]. This surge raises an obvious question: Are retractions increasing because errors and other misdeeds are becoming more common, or because research is now scrutinized more closely?”
Crisis At The Coliseum: The Tribulations – And Triumphs – Of English National Opera
Richard Fairman looks at the management battles, senior staff departures, struggles with funding bodies, and artistic successes (“standards have arguably never been higher”) at London’s number-two company.