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Joanna Macy and Anita Barrows — ‘What a world you’ve got inside you.’ | The On Being Project
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14. All those nasty, rebellious songs that defy authorities are now owned by hedge funds.
Ted Gioia • 14 Warning Signs That You Are Living in a Society Without a Counterculture
iron law of the internet: any movement or subculture will be judged by its most cringe members
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What am I supposed to do? Keep standards high and fail them all? That’s not an option for untenured faculty who would like to keep their jobs. I’m a tenured full professor. I could probably get away with that for a while, but sooner or later the Dean’s going to bring me in for a sit-down. Plus, if we flunk out half the student body and drive the... See more
The average college student today
But this isn’t about phone numbers or navigation. It’s about how technology clearly changes our minds. And there is a risk that today’s siphoning of young brains into phones and laptops isn’t just happening with maps and digits, but with critical thinking and complex language.
Brian Klaas • The Death of the Student Essay—and the Future of Cognition
Content will be commoditized by AI—but content isn’t culture
From Hamish McKenzie
... See moreThis same surge in AI-led content production will simultaneously fuel a tremendous need for cultural connection: real humans in communion with one another. These relationships help us make sense of the world, and to know where to direct our attention. Their value will
Well, even though making and releasing music has become easier than ever, the support of a major label — and its marketing powerhouse — is one of the top determinants (if not prerequisites) for getting access to some of the most valuable streaming "real estate" .
Julie Knibbe • Is It Possible to Get On a Spotify Editorial Playlist as an Independent Artists? | Music Tomorrow Blog
We can always opt out of this arrangement, of course, and live happily in meatspace, but that is precisely the point: Offline we exist by default; online we have to post our way into selfhood.