What had he done that was so wrong? Here he was, in his essays and interviews, making informed, nuanced arguments about the way we live now — about anything from Twitter (which he is against) to the way political correctness has been weaponized to shut down discourse (which he is against) to obligatory self-promotion (which he is against) to the incessant ending of a phone call by saying, “I love you” (which he is against, but because “I love you” is for private) — and though critics loved him and he had a devoted readership, others were using the very mechanisms and platforms that he warned against (like the internet in general and social media in specific) to ridicule him.
Author: Douglas McLennan
Words Matter: Why Ayn Rand Is Still A Bestseller (And How To Deal With It)
Hoping that Rand’s ideas will, in time, just go away is not a good solution to the problem. The Fountainhead is still a bestseller, 75 years since first publication. And perhaps it’s time to admit that Rand is a philosopher – just not a very good one. It should be easy to show what is wrong with her thinking, and also to recognise, as John Stuart Mill did in On Liberty (1859), that a largely mistaken position can still contain some small elements of truth, as well as serving as a stimulus to thought by provoking us to demonstrate what is wrong with it.
How Adrian Ghenie Became An Art Market Phenomenon
“To hit that level of popularity and power is a huge challenge for someone who is just 40 and has to stand in front of the empty canvas knowing that the world is paying ridiculously large sums of money at auction for them. Adrian’s response was to continue to experiment… and that is something that makes people feel like we will still be looking at this guy in 50 years.”
Is Regional Theatre In England In Peril? Yup
It is far too soon to say the curtain is coming down on regional theatre, which over the last 35 years has proved resilient despite commentators continuing to write its obituary. But as Jonathan Church observed in The Stage last week, there are warning signs ahead, including the report of a drop in regional theatre attendance.
Why Our Social Sciences Also Need An Evolutionary Theory
Evolution has shaped the human body, but it also shaped the human brain, so evolutionary principles are indispensable for understanding our psychology. Yet many students, teachers, and even social scientists struggle to see how our evolutionary history significantly shapes our cognition and behavior today.
Sale Price Of Weinstein Company Goes Down By $23 Million
The purpose of the $23 million reduction is to get the process moving again, as it has dragged on since a judge approved the transaction on May 8. Apparently, parties have made claims regarding intellectual property against TWC, so rather than delay the transaction further TWC agreed to simply drop the price as a way to protect Lantern.
Now Silicon Valley Wants To Disrupt The Way We Build Buildings
This is what’s known as “backward integration,” when a company at the end of the supply chain seeks to shape its products “upstream.” (Compare Netflix, which first rented and streamed TV shows, then started making them.) With both design teams and factories under its umbrella, Katerra hopes to consolidate a messy system into an efficient one-stop shop. It wants to become the Starbucks or Zara of construction, churning out apartments like so many lattes or jumpsuits.
Winnipeg Arts Groups, Others, Sign On To Indigenous Accord
The accord was first signed by more than 80 groups last March. Signing on means committing to an ongoing responsibility to reconciliation with indigenous peoples, the city says. Signatories are required to report yearly on the success of their efforts and their future goals.
The New New Plan For Buffalo’s Albright-Knox Museum
In stark contrast to a more compact design released last summer, the plan, designed by Shohei Shigematsu of the international architecture firm OMA, features a new building on the northwest side of the Albright-Knox campus along Iroquois Drive. Sheathed in what Shigematsu called a “translucent skin,” the transparent ziggurat of a building will allow pedestrians to see inside of its galleries and flexible event spaces. It also will contain a public atrium and café.
Could Research Prove That Theatre Is Necessary?
If empirical data can prove the arts positively impact biomechanical function, perhaps connections can be drawn to the indispensability of theatre as an art form. But is there another level of inquiry that can be engaged simultaneously, and in complement, with this scientific, top-down approach? If one has a tree whose branches are in ill health and whose leaves are withering, one’s first impulse might be to treat the leaves and branches. Another might be to look at its roots.