Fern Diaz
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Fern Diaz
For about eight decades, “late capitalism” meant one thing: a centrally administered market economy.
Anna Kornbluh • Too Late for ‘Late Capitalism’
Jameson origin of late capitalism & Anna Kornbluh new book Immediacy
Every man has the same values
To ask, «What is the function of criticism at the present time?» is also to ask two related questions. «What was the function of criticism in the past?» «What could be the function of criticism in the future?» These are anxious questions. One would not ask them if all was well in the state of cultural production and circulation. Nor would one ask... See more
The art of living, like any other art, is the art of learning to work creatively within the constraints of the medium.
L. M. Sacasas • The Art of Living
So true
FOOLISH HEART
By Matt Kagen
Bells are ringing & children singing, but what of the foolish heart?
As the bird goes up and up
As the cup spills out and over
All that is holy is profaned, you know that,
and yet you... See more
The constraints of the medium, then, are the constraints of our embodiment, or at least that is my proposition to you. And these are, in part, the constraints of place and time. I can only be here now, and I can be here now only for so long, which means there are only so many things to which I can meaningfully attend at length and at depth. I may
... See moreL. M. Sacasas • The Art of Living
Not long ago, America was more than the sum of its parts. Now, it is less. Around World War II, we were proud as a people but modest as individuals. Fewer than two people in ten said yes when asked, Are you a very important person? Today, more than six in ten say yes. Where we once thought ourselves collectively strong, we now regard ourselves as... See more
William Strauss • The Fourth Turning
Why people buy and sell stock - The Vegan