‘A commuter poses with D.H. Lawrence’s Lady Chatterley’s Lover in 1960, the day it went on sale after a 32-year ban was lifted.’ James Wolcott in Vanity Fair, What’s a Culture Snob to Do?: “Pity the culture snob, as Kindles, iPods, and flash drives swallow up the visible markers of superior taste and intelligence. With [...]
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The Age of Mass Intelligence
December 14th, 2008
“We’ve all heard about dumbing down. But there is plenty of evidence that the opposite is also true. Is this, in fact, the age of mass intelligence?” More Intelligent Life, The Age of Mass Intelligence: “From opera in cinemas to audio books for judo-players: the expanding market for intelligence is certainly unexpected. But what does [...]
The Personal Cultural Attaché
May 5th, 2008
The New Yorker, Want Ad: Beautuful Mind: “The rumor, according to one (unofficial) e-mail: “Oscar-winning producer Brian Grazer (Da Vinci Code, A Beautiful Mind, American Gangster) is looking for a new cultural attaché.” The e-mail explained: This person would be responsible for keeping Brian abreast of everything that’s going on in the world; politically, culturally, [...]
Tags: brian grazer · culture · education
Kevin Kelly: The Technium
February 6th, 2008
Kevin Kelly, The Technium: “When copies are free, you need to sell things which can not be copied.”
Tags: culture · economics · internet · kevin kelly
Cultural elite does not exist, academics claim
December 22nd, 2007
De ijsbaan op het Museumplein te Amsterdam met op de achtergrond het Concertgebouw. Photo: Museumplein, by Sonic Julez The Independent, Cultural elite does not exist, academics claim: “The “cultural elite” brought up on opera and the higher arts, which supposedly turns up its nose at anything as vulgar as a pop song or mainstream television, [...]
Culture Speeds Up Human Evolution
December 11th, 2007
Scientific American, Culture Speeds Up Human Evolution: “Homo sapiens sapiens has spread across the globe and increased vastly in numbers over the past 50,000 years or so—from an estimated five million in 9000 B.C. to roughly 6.5 billion today. More people means more opportunity for mutations to creep into the basic human genome and new [...]
Larry Lessig: How creativity is being strangled by the law
November 13th, 2007
TED Talk: Larry Lessig: How creativity is being strangled by the law “Larry Lessig gets TEDsters to their feet, whooping and whistling, following this elegant presentation of “three stories and an argument.” The Net’s most adored lawyer brings together John Philip Sousa, celestial copyrights, and the “ASCAP cartel” to build a case for creative freedom. [...]
Tags: copyright · creative commons · culture · internet · keynote · larry lessig · ted · video
Study: Iraqis May Experience Sadness When Friends, Relatives Die
July 26th, 2007
A field study released Monday by the University of North Carolina School of Public Health suggests that Iraqi citizens experience sadness and a sense of loss when relatives, spouses, and even friends perish, emotions that have until recently been identified almost exclusively with Westerners. The Onion: Study: Iraqis May Experience Sadness When Friends, Relatives Die