Douglas McLennan
Doug is the editor of ArtsJournal
California’s New Laws Regulating Use Of AI Now In Force
Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday signed a handful of artificial intelligence-related bills that would give actors more protection over their digital likenesses and fight...
Hollywood’s Film And TV Business Is In Sharp Decline. What To Do?
Despite differences over solutions, there is a consensus on the problem: California is simply not competitive with many other states and countries that offer...
Delphine von Schauroth Was A Celebrated Child Prodigy In The Early 19th Century. Why Did...
The German virtuoso pianist and composer was hailed as a musical genius by critics for her powerful and inventive performances and her original and...
The Fights Over How To Teach Reading…
Improving literacy is urgent, but the “crisis” framing can encourage quick fixes over substantive change—and promote top-down solutions that exclude the perspectives of professionals...
Are Translators Merely Mimics?
Throughout my career as a translator, I’ve been told that my job is to “capture the spirit” of the foreign text. But I have...
Why Do Some People Choke Under Pressure?
The researchers found that, in jackpot scenarios, the activity of neurons associated with motor preparation decreased. Motor preparation is the brain’s way of making...
Is Life Simply A Product Of Algorithms?
Today, it can be digitally simulated, biologically synthesised or made from entirely different materials to those that allowed our evolutionary ancestors to flourish. These...
Today’s AJ Highlights
Good morning: More and more of the world's iconic experiences have been overrun by crowds. In Barcelona there have been anti-tourist demonstrations. Venice has...
What If Fact-Checking Just Makes People Dig In More To Their Misbeliefs?
In 2010, a political-science paper came out that made people worry. It suggested fact-checks might actually make people dig in their heels. What if...
The First-Ever Imax Ballet Features Paris Ballet
This is the first-ever Filmed for Imax ballet, and will be released exclusively in Imax locations globally on November 8. - Deadline
San Francisco Ballet Chooses A New Director
Branislav Henselmann, 49, most recently worked as the deputy general manager of arts, culture and community for the city of Vancouver, where he worked...
Culture Of De-Culturation: Is Our Culture Dying?
Olivier Roy believes that a range of abstract and apparently unstoppable forces—globalization, neoliberalism, postmodernism, individualism, secularism, the Internet, and so on—are undermining culture by...
Hollywood Animation Workers Say Their Jobs Are Under Threat
AI poses an obvious threat to both animators and writers who tell Deadline they are already suffering from a lack of jobs due to...
New Director Talks About How To Make The Overcrowded Uffizi Museum Enjoyable Again
Overcrowding makes for a miserable experience. Craning to see over rows of heads, one is jostled and swept along the galleries by such a...
Director Of Seattle’s Wing Luke Museum Steps Down After Staff Walkout
The walkout forced the museum to shut down for several days as its leaders and protesting employees discussed their demands, including having a “community...
The Deep Thinking Behind Conspiracy Theories
Conspiracy theorists appear earnestly committed to finding the truth, yet they are drawn to theories that often involve false and implausible claims. The psychology of...
Charge: Today’s Literary Magazines Engage In Widespread Censorship
Today’s culture of censorship and censure in literary magazines is stifling writers’ careers at their most vulnerable stage. Our experience at Crab Creek Review offers a...
Meta Makes Big Changes In How Instagram Will Work For Kids
“We decided to focus on what parents think because they know better what’s appropriate for their children than any tech company, any private company,...
Today’s AJ Newsletter Highlights
Good morning! Here are the AJ highlights for today. But first, two more stories to draw your attention to about the psychology of creativity....
London City Ballet Resurrected
Christopher Marney talked to regional theaters around Britain to make sure there was demand for ballet. (There is!) And he discovered that no one...
This Year’s Booker Prize Shortlist
Five of the six-strong shortlist are women, with authors from five countries represented, including the Netherlands for the first time. - BBC
Why Playing Is A Key To Creativity
Studies with creative writers and physicists reveal that about a fifth of their most important ideas occur when they’re mind-wandering, not focused on a...
The Two Biggest Threats: Climate Change And AI
I would argue that climate change and advanced AI are the only two risks where parts of their probability curve include singularities where change...
Why “Shogun” Became Such An Emmy-Winning Hit
The 1975 novel of the same name by James Clavell inspired a similarly lauded mini-series in 1980. But the current telling is different in...
Why Do Some Composers Have Long Dry Spells?
Research on the creativity trajectories of eminent composers has revealed a number of factors that affect productivity over a career. These include the ages...