"In a sense, Bing and Bard are finishing what Ask Jeeves started. What people want when they ask a question is for an all-knowing, machine-powered guide to confidently present them with the right answer in plain language, just as a reliable friend would." - The Atlantic
"To indefinitely continue access to the ever-expanding glut of content – not just an invaluable artistic heritage, but a crucial account of how the world is and was – requires a herculean ongoing restoration effort from a global network of passionate experts and cinephiles." - The Guardian (UK)
Some neuroscientists believe "that the mind creates an opinion of an artwork after dissecting it into discrete elements. Basic features, such as color and texture, and complex qualities, like style, are ranked and weighed individually to make a judgment." - Hyperallergic
"India's single-screen cinemas were grand structures, built to accommodate large audiences and boasted diverse architectural styles." Now, only a few thousand remain, and they're going away quickly. - BBC
Right now, "online broadcasters like Netflix, Disney+ and Spotify ... are earning money in Canada without being required to reinvest in Canadian content." C-11 wants to change all of that. - CBC
Majors, whose star is rising fast right now, was worried that Jordan - already a superstar - might not be great to work with, because of his experience with others in the industry. "The game is set up so it makes it feel like feast or famine." - The New York Times
"Critics say these shifts are purely transactional, with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman trading the appearance of an open culture to paper over a dismal human rights record and buy political capital." - NPR
New excavations make the ancient site fresher than ever. But people have been digging at the site ever since the lava cooled."It has always been in a state of flux." - The Observer (UK)
British writer Hanif Kureishi told Prospect Magazine that “nobody would have the balls today to write The Satanic Verses.” He might have added that no one would have the balls to defend it. Most writers, Kureishi continued, live quietly, and “they don’t want a bomb in the letterbox.” - Harper's
“Social media corporations have become cultural gatekeepers with unprecedented power to determine which artworks can freely circulate and which ones are banned or pushed into the digital margins,” says Don’t Delete Art (DDA), a project created in 2020 that documents art censorship on social media. - The Art Newspaper
Few seem to have made the leap to how theatre addresses the issue of bringing past works back to the stage, perhaps because such editing is not uncommon. There was so much racism casually thrown into musicals from the 1920s and 1930s – at the very least, many have been retooled. - The Stage
The downturn in sponsorship sales that began in 2020 continued for public radio in 2021, while public television bucked that trend. TV stations began to chart a recovery toward prepandemic sponsorship levels. - Current
For a long time, psychologists saw personality as fixed throughout our lives. This has since been disproven – although personality is relatively stable, it’s far from set in stone. - Psyche
