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“Minimalism glut” sounds like an oxymoron, but it’s a perfect phrase, coined by writer Kyle Chayka in a recent issue of The New York Times Magazine. It describes our current obsession with all things minimal, or #minimal, which as of this writing describes 7,325,862 photographs posted to Instagram.
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The Psychology of the Terminally Online It is not enough to change the world. That is all we have ever done. That happens even without us. We also have to interpret this change. And precisely in order to change it. So that the world will not go on changing without us. And so that it is not changed in the end into a world without us. – Günther Anders, The Obsolescence of Man, Volume II There are a few very inconvenient truths about the internet, digital media, and technological “progress” that Western societies have largely failed to account for. They are as follows: the technology and...
The Gates divorce and the risks of billionaire philanthropy Relying on the charity of the uber wealthy is a poor substitute for the kind of ongoing support more progressive taxes can provide. by In this April 27, 2018, file photo, a person walks by the headquarters of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in Seattle. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File) When I first heard that Bill and Melinda Gates were divorcing, my first panicked thought was about all the money their foundation distributes locally. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation says it gives out about $300 million in grant money to Washin...
Theater review: St. Scholastica’s ‘Incorruptible’ tickles the funny bone Streaming this weekend only: If a man loses his soul, then exactly how much would he stand to profit? Written By: Lawrance Bernabo, For the News Tribune | 3:45 pm, Mar. 4, 2021 × "Incorruptible" (Robert Larson / CSS Theater) Around the year 1250, the monastery in Priseaux, France, is experiencing hard times. It has been 13 years since the relics of Saint Foy lying on their altar have worked a miracle. Pilgrims are no longer paying pennies to pray at her feet. Now another church claims they al...