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For well over a decade now, advocates have fiercely contested whether the arts should be valued more for their ability to further non-arts goals, like public health or economic development, or for the unique qualities that set them apart from other aspects of social life. Just when we thought this great “intrinsic” vs. “instrumental” debate…
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A machine that assigns IPv6 addresses to grains of rice. (via Julian Oliver) (Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
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welderdude1: ted: Get ready, the teeny robots are coming… Modeled after hyper-mobile insects like ants and cockroaches, these robots can run, jump and scamper. The possibilities are endless as to what tiny bots could accomplish: look for survivors in disaster wreckage, inspect bridges for flaws, even swim through our veins and perform surgery. And, of…
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From the 1960s until his death in 1986, German artist Joseph Beuys produced some 557 multiples — small-scale portable and affordable pieces that captured an element of his practice. Joseph Beuys: Multiples from the Reinhard Schlegel Collection, opening today at the Chelsea gallery Mitchell-Innes & Nash, includes over 500 such works by Beuys, the largest…
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Mum,” Harry said. “If you want to win this argument with Dad, look in chapter two of the first book of the Feynman Lectures on Physics. There’s a quote there about how philosophers say a great deal about what science absolutely requires, and it is all wrong, because the only rule in science is that…
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lapitiedangereuse: POPPY: SHOWGIRL (1968) BY IRVING PENN
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lapitiedangereuse: “An artist is somebody who produces things that people don’t need to have.” — Andy Warhol (Andy Warhol, Thirty Are Better Than One)
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devon-aoki: BP Visco ad『2001』
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emergentfutures: Watch out, coders — a robot may take your job, too Chances are you’re not too worried about a robot taking your job. After all, when we picture out-of-control automation, we imagine that the blue-collar folks who work with their hands in the factories or checkout counters will be pushed aside by a collection…