Bbenzon
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Humankind got its start on the African savannas some hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of years ago. At various times in our cultural history we’ve moved to distinctly new cultural ground, as it were. And so we are moving now, and have been for the past half century. This blog is how I see that move. Intellectually, I'm broadly interested in culture and the brain. Within that compass, anything could show up here. Literature and films (including animation), certainly, music as well, and graffiti. But, other things may show up as well. It's a blog, don't you know, it moves.
MY BLOGS
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New Savanna
http://new-savanna.blogspot.com/
Humankind got its start on the African savannas some hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of years ago. At various times in our cultural history we’ve moved to distinctly new cultural ground, as it were. And so we are moving now, and have been for the past half century. This blog is how I see that move. I'm broadly interested in culture and the brain. Within that compass, anything could show up here. Literature and films (including animation), certainly, music as well, and graffiti. But, other things may show up as well. It's a blog, don't you know, it moves.
LATEST ARTICLES ( 7356 )
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"Everything is Subjective? – Really? Do We Want to Do Down That Rabbit Hole?
And another from the ever-quotable @nowviskie https://t.co/0mGmGlSBbK — Rebecca Sutton Koeser (@suttonkoeser) January 15, 2019 No, I don't think we do, though... Read more
Posted on 15 January 2019 CULTURE, PHILOSOPHY, SOCIETY -
On the Primacy of Music
Erika Koss interviews Dana Goia for Image. Who is Dana Gioia? As chair of the National Endowment for the Arts (2003–2009), he created the largest programs in th... Read more
Posted on 14 January 2019 CULTURE, PHILOSOPHY, SOCIETY -
Fashion and Art Cycles
Peter Klimek, Robert Kreuzbauer, Stefan Thurner, Fashion and art cycles are driven by counter-dominance signals of elite competition: quantitative evidence... Read more
Posted on 14 January 2019 CULTURE, PHILOSOPHY, SOCIETY -
From the Diary of a (graffiti) Writer in Moscow
Faust in Moscow Biennale Artmossphere, as reported in the NYTimes: Monday 11 a.m. Walk to Red Square, passing by the Kremlin and St. Basil’s Cathedral. Read more
Posted on 13 January 2019 CULTURE, PHILOSOPHY, SOCIETY -
What Do Her Democratic Colleagues in the House Think of AOC?
Obviously, some don't like her anti-establishment ways. From Politico: Democratic leaders are upset that she railed against their new set of House rules on... Read more
Posted on 12 January 2019 CULTURE, PHILOSOPHY, SOCIETY -
Come on in
Posted on 12 January 2019
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AI in China
Read the whole thread. just like anywhere else, AI 人工智能 means everything nothing in China, spanning core computational technologie... Read more
Posted on 12 January 2019 CULTURE, PHILOSOPHY, SOCIETY -
Benjamin Wittes on Collusion and Obstruction of Justice Centered on Trump
From a long article in Lawfare: The public understanding of and debate over the Mueller investigation rests on several discrete premises that I believe should b... Read more
Posted on 12 January 2019 CULTURE, PHILOSOPHY, SOCIETY -
The VC Wisdom of Funding Undergraduate Education in Creative Industries
Daniel Davis on Creative arts and investing in systems at Crooked Timber: The thing about the arts industries is that they’re very hits-driven; talking about... Read more
Posted on 11 January 2019 CULTURE, PHILOSOPHY, SOCIETY -
Friday Fotos: Miscellany from the Current Stack
Posted on 11 January 2019
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Will AOC Win the Internets?
Kara Swisher, NYTimes: Ms. Ocasio-Cortez has done live conversations that include both cooking tips and policy pronouncements, has posted stories of her... Read more
Posted on 10 January 2019 CULTURE, PHILOSOPHY, SOCIETY -
Where Have All the Monarchs Gone?
From the NYTimes: They arrive in California each winter, an undulating ribbon of orange and black. [...] This year, though, the monarchs’ flight seems more... Read more
Posted on 10 January 2019 CULTURE, PHILOSOPHY, SOCIETY -
Skateboarding as a Way of Life
A, O, Scott reviews Minding the Gap: They grew up together in Rockford, Ill., three boys united by their love of skateboarding. Read more
Posted on 10 January 2019 CULTURE, PHILOSOPHY, SOCIETY -
Criticism and Theory
I appreciate this defense of "criticism"—especially in its artistic ambitions, which I think we should acknowledge more often and cultivate—but I don't... Read more
Posted on 10 January 2019 CULTURE, PHILOSOPHY, SOCIETY -
Visualizing Algorithms
Mike Bostok wrote an interesting post about visualizing algorithms back in 2014. Here's the opening paragraphs: Algorithms are a fascinating use case for... Read more
Posted on 09 January 2019 CULTURE, PHILOSOPHY, SOCIETY -
A Quick Note: "Into the Spider-Verse"
I went to see it last night. It was a lot of fun. A.O. Scott in the NYTimes: My point here is that this animated reworking of the Spidey mythos is fresh and... Read more
Posted on 09 January 2019 CULTURE, PHILOSOPHY, SOCIETY -
A Digital Edition of Jean Toomer's "Cane"
Hi folks, I put together a bare-bones digital edition of Jean Toomer's "Cane" (1923). https://t.co/4YwJm8oYWAI hope to improve it soon with more annotations,... Read more
Posted on 08 January 2019 CULTURE, PHILOSOPHY, SOCIETY -
Video Clip of Young Child Drawing Cats(?)
🤗 pic.twitter.com/EVcrAipBab — Köksal Akın (@Koksalakn) January 7, 2019 This is fascinating. Look how the child grips the pen with the whole hand. Read more
Posted on 08 January 2019 CULTURE, PHILOSOPHY, SOCIETY -
Further Thoughts on Mind and Corpus in Digital Criticism [DH]
There is my recent working paper: William Benzon, Toward a Theory of the Corpus, Working Paper, December 31, 2018, 46 pp. Academia, https://www.academia. Read more
Posted on 07 January 2019 CULTURE, PHILOSOPHY, SOCIETY -
FDR Skatepark at 3QD
I’ve gathered some of my recent FDR material together and crafted a post for 3 Quarks Daily, Is FDR the capital of the SK8board nation? What are we to make of... Read more
Posted on 07 January 2019 CULTURE, PHILOSOPHY, SOCIETY
