"This is the first post in a series I plan to write on the work from our group and others that combines ideas from deep learning with ideas from self-organization and collective systems. In this first post, we’ll look at some of the _...Read More_

"Chance is banal. Immaterial. While it just so happened that photographer Wolfgang Tillmans was a teenager in the mid-sized West German industrial city of Remscheid as the “End of History” made its final approach, it was luck that led him _...Read More_

"To an outside observer, ceremonial rituals may seem inherently theatrical. Connecting with realms and beings beyond our solid three dimensions requires specific visual, verbal, and spatial cues—a set of colors, an incantation, a site, a _...Read More_

"A new film dramatises the New York Times investigation that brought down Harvey Weinstein. Its stars discuss how the industry is _...Read More_

>"Of course, in order to make ordinary people rally to the cause, effective ‘narratives’ must be devised to convince them that pacifism is either treason or a mental illness. People _...Read More_

>"Perhaps the most powerful technique of this kind is flickering light, called “ganzflicker”."

[https://edition.cnn.com/style/article/galileo-manuscript-michigan-university-forgery-scn/index.html](https://edition.cnn.com/style/article/galileo-manuscript-michigan-university-forgery-scn/index.html) >"A prized manuscript in the University of Michigan library that was believed to have been written by the famed Italian astronomer _...Read More_

>"An Exploration of Internet-Native Organizations"

[https://edition.cnn.com/style/article/saatchi-london-ukrainian-art-canceled-tan/index.html](https://edition.cnn.com/style/article/saatchi-london-ukrainian-art-canceled-tan/index.html) >"London's Saatchi Gallery has canceled an exhibition of Ukrainian contemporary art called "The Ukrainian Way" after a social media outcry over it _...Read More_

"The collection is also teeming with the undeniable physicality of the natural world, from a rotting snapping turtle whose mysterious stench fills an entire home to a roiling, writhing carpet of caterpillars that takes over a stretch of _...Read More_

For his third collaboration with Vault by Vans, artist Julian Klincewicz harvested his most cherished childhood memories from summers on Lake Michigan. Julian Klincewicz translated the magic of meteor showers, beachgrass, and bonfire smoke _...Read More_

This intense piece finds the nuance in a quagmire of 'small stakes' conflicts between writers. It's a fascinating insight into the intersection of professional & personal ethics & art.

>"An anti-abortion measure in Texas will change the practice of medicine. Pregnant patients will suffer."