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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 [...]

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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, [...]

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French thinker Baudrillard dies

March 7th, 2007

BBC: “Baudrillard, a leading post-modernist thinker, is perhaps best known for his concept of hyper-reality. He argued that spectacle is crucial in creating our view of events – things do not happen if they are not seen.” (Wikipedia)

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