The transformation to robot-led work is at once a threat and an opportunity to both devotees of the free market and socialism. New production technologies threaten to eliminate some jobs and make others more precarious, while delivering higher profits to owners of the means of production. But what if those same technologies could be used to usher in an era of unprecedented mass liberty?
Month: February 2018
The Premises Of TV Shows Are Just Getting Too Weird
“By one count, America alone produced close to 500 television shows across networks, cable and streaming services last year. … Competition is so fierce that a bizarre premise seems like the best way in. Would I watch a show where Daniel Radcliffe works in a bar? Maybe. Would I watch Miracle Workers, a show where Daniel Radcliffe plays an angel battling against the worst instincts of his boss” – God – “who is also Steve Buscemi? Almost definitely yes, if only to see what it’s like.”
They Make Skating ‘As Ethereal As Ballet’ – A Dance Critic On French Ice Dancers Papadakis And Cizeron
Gia Kourlas: “To me, no team, gold medal or not, matches the artistry of Ms. Papadakis and Mr. Cizeron. … Suddenly, a competition is a conduit for more than skating. It’s a window into another space and time: eerie, quiet, floating.”
Watching Mark Morris Dancers Teach Class For Parkinson’s Patients
“Dance for PD is a program developed by [Mark Morris Dance Group] that gives people with Parkinson’s an opportunity to experience the joy of dance while creatively addressing symptoms of the degenerative neurological disorder that affects one in 100 people over the age 60.” Reporter Jane Fries sits in on a class taught by MMDG members David Leventhal and Lesley Garrison.
Pondering The Museum Of Broken Relationships
Leslie Jamison visits the one-of-a-kind Zagreb museum and considers the meaning(s) of the institutions and of seven of its objects on display (wall texts included), as well as the Bad Memories Eraser in the gift shop.
Milo Yiannopoulos Drops $10M Lawsuit Against Publisher Who Cancelled His Book
The 33-year-old alt-right troll provocateur “sued for breach of contract in July 2017 after the cancellation of his book Dangerous, claiming that Simon & Schuster violated the terms of their deal to publish following public outrage. Simon & Schuster claimed that the book had ‘substantial problems.'”
Nude Scenes Will Never Be The Same Post-Harvey Weinstein, Says Director Robert Lepage (Especially In A Play About De Sade)
“Only a few months ago, … Lepage would never have thought twice about a nude scene with an actress. But the sexual harassment scandals that have wracked the entertainment industry since the Hollywood mogul’s fall have forced the Québécois master theatremaker to rethink how he works. The fact he was also rehearsing a play, Quills, inspired by the one of the most notorious sexual predators in history – the Marquis de Sade, after whom the word ‘sadism’ was coined – added further fuel for thought.”
Ballet Idaho’s New Artistic Director: Garrett Anderson
“Anderson may be a familiar face to Boise dance devotees, having performed in the past with the Trey McIntyre Project and local dance nonprofit LED. In addition … [he has] chaired the Dance Department at New Mexico School for the Arts and has danced with the Pacific Northwest Ballet, Ballet Chicago and the Belgium-based Royal Ballet of Flanders, among others. He will take up the post of artistic director in July.”
Indianapolis Symphony Hires New CEO
“James M. Johnson, who will begin his term April 30, comes from the Omaha Symphony Association, where he is the president and CEO. … Before Omaha, Johnson spent a decade as CEO of the New York Pops, director of operations for the Orchestra of St. Luke’s and general manager of the Martha Graham Dance Company.”
Bass-Baritone Raimund Herincx Dead At 90
“A tall, bearded, Falstaffian figure, he had a commanding presence and a voice of depth and authority that could seemingly carry the length of a football pitch with minimal effort. … As Wotan in Wagner’s Die Walküre he could out-sing a bank of roaring tubas.”