Ron Chernow’s biography dwells more on the wreck of a man than on his sublimely comic work.
The obsolescence of man, vol I , part 2: The world as phantom and as matrix: philosophical considerations on radio and television - Günther Anders
The first complete English translation of a remarkable 1956 essay about television from Vol. I of The Obsolescence of Man by Günther Anders, who—using phenomenological analyses, excerpts from his diaries and reflections on daily life—depicts a capitalist world that manufactures a warped “mass-man” by imposing nonparticipation, consumption of images, artificial “needs” (“drug addiction is the model for today’s needs”), separation, “conditioning”, an eternal present, commodified leisure and the dissolution of the individual in vapid mass produced roles, in a text that in many ways anticipates the theory of the “spectacle” of Guy Debord and the situationists.
Amusing Ourselves to Death comics reflections - Stuart McMillen blog
Why was the Amusing Ourselves to Death comic by Neil Postman removed from the internet by cartoonist Stuart McMillen? Reflective essay on this comic.
How to be perfectly unhappy
This comic was inspired by essay from Augusten Burroughs: How to live unhappily ever after. In addition to the essay, I highly recommend reading his books. It's also been described in psychology as flow.
The Banality of Genius: Notes on Peter Jackson's Get Back
A Special Edition of The Ruffian
The 'Paperwork Flood': How I Drowned a Bureaucrat before dinner., Sightless Scribbles
A fabulously gay blind author.
A heartbreaking work of staggering genius
A book that redefines both family and narrative for the…
Ted’s Thoughts
Ted Han’s thoughts about journalism, technology, civilization, art and a bunch of other things.
Michael Burns
Weird Studies
Professor Phil Ford and writer J. F. Martel host a series of conversations on art and philosophy, dwelling on ideas that are hard to think and art that opens up rifts in what we are pleased to call "reality."
Spielberg’s ‘A.I.’ Divided Critics, but It’s the Ultimate Coming-of-Age Story 20 Years Later
Movies don't change, we do. And where you are in life may affect how you receive the heartbreaking vision of this film.
The Thing That Makes Your Show Funnier
One element can create tension and humour that is so much richer
What Is It Like to Be a Bat?
"What Is It Like to Be a Bat?" is a paper by American philosopher Thomas Nagel, first published in The Philosophical Review in October 1974, and later in Nagel's Mortal Questions (1979). The paper presents several difficulties posed by phenomenal consciousness, including the potential insolubility of the mind–body problem owing to "facts beyond the reach of human concepts", the limits of objectivity and reductionism, the "phenomenological features" of subjective experience, the limits of human imagination, and what it means to be a particular, conscious thing.
Umberto Eco's Guide to Writing a Thesis
A funny and unpretentious guide by the illustrious novelist Umberto Eco, for his favorite audience: teachers and their students.
I wanted to be Anthony Bourdain—until I met him.
CW: suicide, suicidal ideation, addiction
Dead-Frog: Live Comedy Near You
Comedy dissected with comprehensive coverage of stand-up comedy tours, festivals and events from top headliners to rising stars.
