"Why are so many people obsessing over an 18-year-old’s face?"

[https://edition.cnn.com/style/article/princess-diana-ford-escort-auction-gbr-intl-scli/index.html](https://edition.cnn.com/style/article/princess-diana-ford-escort-auction-gbr-intl-scli/index.html) >"A Ford Escort RS Turbo Series 1 that was driven by the late Princess Diana fetched £724,500 ($851,070) at an auction held at Britain's _...Read More_

"The timeless fear — manifest in modern-day technophobia — of watching kids go where adults can’t follow."

>"On Vilém Flusser‘s philosophy of what a camera wants, and what such a perspective misses"

"If Silicon Valley’s idea of technology is to banish death and decay, then composting may be the ultimate anti-technology."

“Centering” race is not the same thing as undoing racism

At the time, Ye was between two of the most personal projects of his career. His dialogue with Sehgal touched upon ego death and funeral rehearsals, creative leadership and the quest to create a "template for humanity." Now, it is online in _...Read More_

"Sugar booger decor is sexy, black-lacquered, and here to shake us out of our COVID-era blues."

>"Treating “the algorithm” as a kind of divine power misunderstands where algorithmic power comes from"

>"Simon Stone’s new staging of Donizetti’s classic opera updates the work to a present-day American town — hold (some of) the madness."

*Why Can’t We Be Friends* by Brendan Mackie > Podcasts and other forms of “parasocial” media reframe friendship as monetized self-care _...Read More_

>"“Cringe” is an instrument of algorithmically managed social control"

>"On algorithmic culture and the creation of coercive “fun”"

>"“Crisis actor” conspiracy theories relieve the cognitive dissonance of not knowing how to respond"