The Second Coming
W. B. Yeats
Limits to Growth was right about collapse
The point is that we’re going to get degrowth whether we think it’s a good idea or not. The data here is, in effect, about the tipping point at the…
The positive results that get published tend to be overly optimistic about AI’s potential
To be clear, AI can drive scientific breakthroughs. My concern is about their magnitude and frequency. Has AI really shown enough potential to justify such a massive shift in talent,…
John Berger on Ways of Seeing, being an artist, and Marxism (2011)
Newsnight archives
“Tu vis ta culture ou tu tues ta culture.”
la langue française dans Louisiane
Song Exploder: Tears for Fears “Everybody Wants To Rule The World”
Tears for Fears is a duo formed in 1981 in Bath, England by Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith. They’ve sold over 30 million albums, starting with their first, The Hurting,…
That Time Locusts Ate The Entire Midwest
In the 1870s the Midwest experienced a devastating natural disaster in the form of… an enormous cloud of extremely hungry locusts. Dylan and producer Amanda discuss what happens when a…
Between The Lines (1977)
Between the Lines is a 1977 American ensemble romantic comedy-drama film from Midwest Films. It was directed by Joan Micklin Silver and produced by her husband Raphael D. Silver. The…
Inside a Tiny Cotswold Cottage Embraced by Nature | Design Notes
Artist and interior designer Joshua Hale welcomes House & Garden into his tiny rented cottage, nestled in the Cotswolds. Joshua gives us a tour of his freshly decorated Oxfordshire cottage,…
Māori MPs face suspension
for their protest