“This is the very essence of regret – we can only regret things we think we have control over. If we had no choice, no agency, if we were but tossed about on the tides of fate, there’d be nothing to regret. And so, regret ends up being the emotional price we pay for free will.”
Author: Matthew Westphal
Which Shows Get Binge-Watched The Most? Netflix Investigates
Using what it calls the “binge scale” – with “shows to savor” on one end and “shows to devour” on the other – Netflix “said viewers typically binged on thrillers such as Breaking Bad and The Killing, but were more likely to take their time over the more political narratives of House of Cards or Homeland.”
How Deborah Rutter Keeps The Kennedy Center, And Its Relationship With Its Resident Companies, Running Smoothly
“I am involved but not a micromanager. There is no chance that I could be. I am deeply involved but fully delegate to people who have the responsibility … I am not a coercer or a dictator but if I feel strongly about something I will advocate for it.”
The Man Who Invented The World Wide Web Thinks It Needs To Be Reinvented
Tim Berners-Lee: “It controls what people see, creates mechanisms for how people interact. It’s been great, but spying, blocking sites, repurposing people’s content, taking you to the wrong websites – that completely undermines the spirit of helping people create.” So this week Berners-Lee met with a group of his peers to consider ways to create a Web that’s less centralized and less subject to control by governments and corporations.
When Morley Safer Sent Jerry Saltz A Bunch Of His Watercolors
Yes, the late television newsman, notorious in the art world for his supremely snarky 1993 60 Minutes segment “Yes, But Is It Art?”, was himself a painter, and just last year he sent a package of his work to a famously uninhibited art critic.
Watching A High-Powered Dealer Prepare For Art Basel
“Who knew you could parse Benjamin Moore Classic Gray by percentages? That’s what Dominique Lévy was doing with her team recently while readying their gallery’s booth for the Art Basel art fair in Switzerland, which starts next week – determining how deep the shade of a wall should be behind a Gerhard Richter landscape (50 percent? 75? 100?).”
North America’s Mostly White Orchestra World Gets Together To Talk Diversity
“The League of American Orchestras, representing a mostly white industry, opens a three-day national conference Thursday in a majority African-American city at a time of increased racial tensions and heightened awareness of economic and educational disadvantages. The principal topic of the 2016 gathering in Baltimore: diversity.”
‘Hamilton’ Raises Top Ticket Price To Staggering High, Doubles Number Of Cheap Lottery Seats
“The paired moves – raising the price for premium seats to $849 while offering 46 seats per show at $10 each – are part of a broader effort to stanch the loss of tens of millions of dollars in potential revenue to scalpers, and to make the show available to people who can’t afford costly theater tickets.”
The Massive Pile Of Money ‘Hamilton’ Is Going To Make, And Where It’s Going To Go
“Just how many Hamiltons can Hamilton make? … Here, based on documents filed with government agencies and interviews with people familiar with various aspects of the musical’s finances, is a look at how Hamilton makes money and where that money goes.”
Turning The Bridges On The Thames Into A ‘Free Outdoor River Gallery’
“A competition launched last week by London’s new mayor Sadiq Khan will bring a striking nocturnal makeover to the city’s River Thames. Called the Illuminated River, the contest will see 17 of Central London’s bridges enhanced by a creative lighting design from the winner, turning what is often a hidden, lugubrious space at night into a string of pearls that could attract more nighttime visitors to the riverbank.”