Junge Frau

Wilhelm List, Junge Frau in Unterwäsche, 1911

пролетарии всех стран

Belgian priest arrested after deadly night of sex and drugs with British cleric. --CBS News

вопрос

Вам дроном переслать или на пейджер?

Охота на Снарка Трампа

becomes some kind of a sport in this country

особенности национальной охоты

Натурщица

— Неужто, по-твоему, весело так гулять, не раскрывая рта? Люди разговаривают, если они не идиоты!

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Художник шел рядом с женой, и за целый час они не перемолвились ни словом.

Ги де Мопассан. Натурщица

they just keep scrolling

Back in February, the music historian Ted Gioia wrote an essay on the state of American culture. He argued that many creative people want to create art (work that puts demands on people), but all the commercial pressures push them to create entertainment (which gives audiences what they want). As a result, for the past many years, entertainment (superhero movies) has been swallowing up art (literary novels and serious dramas).

But now, Gioia observed, even the entertainment business is in crisis. Hollywood studios are laying off employees. The number of new scripted TV series is down. That’s because entertainment is being swallowed up by distraction (TikTok, Instagram). People stay on their phones because it’s easier. Each object of distraction lasts only a few seconds and doesn’t require any cognitive work; the audience just keeps scrolling. --The Junkification of American Life