Tuesday, June 21, 2016
A
hopeful piece on one of my favorite topics – the dystopian imagination. Here is
a brief quote that sums it all up: “As with Orwell, Bradbury recognised that
tyranny is at its most potent when it’s superficially most benevolent, when it
dresses up coercion and censorship in kindly, caring language.” On my laptop, the
article ends with a stark pro-Brexit ad. If this is targeted advertising, I
guess they need to fix their algorithm – for the next campaign.
Saturday, June 18, 2016
Artistic
masterpieces are sometimes born under the most unusual of circumstances. This
piece describes the peculiar writers’ workshop that 200 years ago gave birth to
Mary Shelley’s literary masterpiece – when she was not yet 19.
Saturday, June 4, 2016
Joel
Klein is the in-house satirist of Time
Magazine. But in this piece he is only half-joking...
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)