Linky Friday: Work & Brainwork
Housing, Law, Work, Brainwork, and Art!
Housing, Law, Work, Brainwork, and Art!
Or, an opportunity to meditate upon our ambiguous legal history and its uncomfortable place in contemporary political life.
Ignorant protesters successfully censor an art exhibition in Boston.
Artistically speaking, turning ‘Between Two Ferns’ into a commercial for the Affordable Care Act was a bad idea.
In the May 2012 issue of the Atlantic, writer Taylor Clark has an excellent profile of videogame developer Jonathan Blow. He’s misanthropic, severely thoughtful, and somewhat abrasive. But he’s also a brilliant creator and a near perfect example of what Clark thinks the medium needs more of: developers willing to make smart videogames. Because for Clark the…
By Sam Wilkinson In my (unpopular) arguments about the relativism with which I approach art – that all art is equal, that all consumers are equal, and that nobody is substantively wrong – I have repeatedly struggled to find a way to make the argument in a persuasive and compelling fashion. This, I suppose, is…
[Note: This is a companion piece to something I wrote earlier this week on the same subject but from a different point of view. In addition, while there are no spoilers per say, the way I talk about and characterize Mass Effect 3’s ending in the abstract might make it better for people who want to approach…
Conspiracy Theory that I saw today that I could not immediately dismiss: Rudy still has some guys in New York's FBI branch.