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theatlantic: Behold, the First Video-Game About the Millennials Brody, the hero of Ubisoft’s commendable new shooting game Far Cry 3, is unmistakably a Millennial, that subject of a thousand unsatisfying think pieces in a hundred magazines. I am a Millennial. We have: soaring self esteem that shatters on the beach break of employment; no chance in…
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explore-blog: Remarkable Harvard visualization of the rise of modern publishing across Europe after the invention of the printing press. Perhaps unsurprisingly, it follows a similar pattern to The Republic of Letters, mapping the distribution of the Old World’s intellectual elite. (↬ @robinsloan) (Source: https://player.vimeo.com/)
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For a lot of people, this all might sound like overkill—a beautiful hoodie might strike you as oxymoronic and superfluous, and you’d just as well spend your money on high fashion rather than a slacker uniform. But even if you aren’t a fan of sweatshirts, American Giant’s business model is worth watching. Like American Apparel,…
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In short, [art historians, curators, and – more broadly] humanists largely work alone and on timelines with long horizons. Scientists work together, experimentally, and publish quickly. And all of this is only in terms, as noted above, of disseminating information. Scholars, curators and conservators of art are not exploiting the new technology to research differently.…
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Is it discriminatory and degrading for toy catalogs to show girls playing with tea sets and boys with Nerf guns? A Swedish regulatory group says yes. The Reklamombudsmannen (RO) has reprimanded Top-Toy, a licensee of Toys"R"Us and one of the largest toy companies in Northern Europe, for its “outdated” advertisements and has pressured it to…
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I think our materialism is often totally disconnected from the idea that aesthetics are crucial to our abilitity to live humanely in the world. To be able to recognize and know beauty, to be able to be lifted up by it, to be able to choose the objects in your surroundings…I’ve always been interested in…
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jcstearns: Huge round up of essays, resources and more —- all focused on the impact media consolidation is having on our democracy. (via » Fight Media Monopoly » BillMoyers.com)
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jcstearns: Huge round up of essays, resources and more —- all focused on the impact media consolidation is having on our democracy. (via » Fight Media Monopoly » BillMoyers.com)
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good: A Stronger Bike Helmet, Made of Cardboard and Inspired by a Woodpecker– Adele Peters wrote in Health, Technology and Sustainability When Anirudha Surabhi was a grad student at the Royal College of Art in London, he was in a bike accident. Even though it was a minor crash, and Surabhi was wearing an expensive helmet, the next day he learned that…
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Protect Media Diversity: Stop Media Consolidation: Bernie Sanders – U.S. Senator for Vermont
Protect Media Diversity: Stop Media Consolidation: Bernie Sanders – U.S. Senator for Vermont diegueno: The Federal Communications Commission is considering whether to waive its rule against cross-ownership in the nation’s top-20 markets. Increasing the concentration of news outlets limits the public’s access to unbiased information about important issues. Sen. Sanders is urging the FCC to…