On the Arts

The guide to art and aesthetics. Essays, discussions, and interviews on every form of art, from architecture to kabuki theatre.

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@paulg So the solution to crime is a surveillance state? Not much hope for the future there, Paul.

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@ColinandSamir @tbpn Why isn’t this on YouTube?

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@jmrphy Didn’t this cause him to die decades earlier than he should have, from inhaling lens dust?

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@andrewchen This didn’t work because ChatGPT only has access to to the content window, not your entire history. What WOULD be interesting is to run this from God mode, where it does…

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@AlecStapp And yet Europe is still a vastly nicer place to live. It’s almost as if economic performance isn’t the best way to evaluate a civilization.

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@ScrivenerApp your website looks like it's been hacked?

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@paulg I like 5-7am for the same reason

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@itsurboyevan @FoundersPodcast Mark cuban? Paul graham?

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@tonyzentelis Speak for yourself. I get work done in coffee shops every day

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@CultureCrave Most overrated modern director. Nothing he’s made will stand the test of time, perhaps save some of his early works.

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@PicturesFoIder Because dreams are visions of a future world, where cell phones have been replaced with psychedelic telepathy

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@jmrphy Sounds like nietzsche’s last man TBH

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Read a longer explanation, with plenty of images: https://t.co/qqUXr5CheN

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Can you tell the difference between Art Deco and Art Nouveau? Here are 4 things to look for:

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4. Japonisme influence – if there is strong influence of 19th-century Japanese art (especially Ukiyo-e woodblock prints like The Wave) on an artwork, it is probably Art Nouveau.

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The city of the future we’re building isn’t a sci-fi metropolis filled with flying cars and architecturally innovative skyscrapers; it’s an endless row of glass box buildings with an LCD screen – eventually replaced by a pair of VR goggles – for every resident.

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@patrickc Why is having a lot of giant mega corporations a good thing? Germany in particular has a huge economy made of smaller and mid size firms. Once upon a time this was understood as a good thing.