Culture, Digested: Goodbye to All Those Things Over There
Jessa Crispintheculturewedeserve.substack.comSaved by Keely Adler
Culture, Digested: Goodbye to All Those Things Over There
Again, I want to be very clear that these neighborhoods are not some hell on earth, and anyone from the rest of world would be smitten to have the chance to live in them. As I wrote above, if an average African, Asian, or Latin American asked my advice I would tell them to move there. It would be downright weird of me to tell them otherwise, given ... See more
Chris Arnade • A brief foray into Dallas, missing Kampala, and some thoughts on over-tourism
Cultural works aren’t hedonic appliances dispensing experiences with greater and greater efficiency for audiences to passively consume. Creators and audiences are always engaged in an active process of outmaneuvering each other. Yes, I want more of what I already like, but I also want to be surprised. New patterns are discovered, repeated, become t... See more
Frank Lantz • Unpluggers, Deflators etc. pt 3: Why Not Both?
To be global is to be Americanized, and to be American is to be globalized. This victory is all the patriotism that meritocrats need.
George Packer • Last Best Hope: America in Crisis and Renewal
This idea is familiar from politics—liberals mainly consume digital content that reflects their beliefs, as do conservatives—but it applies to culture as well. In the matter of personal taste, knowing what you like is difficult, but it’s equally hard to know when you don’t like or don…
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Kyle Chayka • Filterworld
living in an era where art is commerce because scale of distribution is influence is success, I’ve begun to believe it’s short-sighted and almost selfish.