Faith Hahn

Who doesn’t love a good manifesto? A manifesto is a form of magic. You take mere words, mere gushes of air, mere lines and curves, mere tokens, and you alchemize them into something tangible. Manifest, manifold, manumission—from the Latin manus, meaning hand. Hands point and hold. Hands waive. According to Derrida, we cannot use our hands and look... See more

I know plenty of literate adults who can decode words, but who also appear to be lousy readers.

Karikó spends her time with tremendous care now. Too much of it is taken up with emailing; Susan keeps telling her mother that she doesn’t need to respond to all of the people who write to express their individual vaccine hesitancies. But Karikó feels responsible. “The distance between what the average person is knowing about the vaccine and what... See more

But the Cigna review system that blocked van Terheyden’s claim bypasses those steps. Medical directors do not see any patient records or put their medical judgment to use, said former company employees familiar with the system. Instead, a computer does the work. A Cigna algorithm flags mismatches between diagnoses and what the company considers... See more

But the music industry does not typically recognise social media as a form of music consumption or YouTubers as artists.

So lately I have been wondering: Is music stuck? Or is the industry unable to see what it is becoming?