How Instagram homogenizes our creativity
Instagram is a clash of sameness: the same travel pics, coffee cup shots, and innumerable selfies. The app ‘homogenizes‘ photography so that all images look roughly the...
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Tomorrow’s World: Children in 1966 predict what the world will be like in the year 2000
Well-spoken, cynical, and eerily accurate, in 1966 these kids predicted what life would be like in the year 2000. Their predictions include: The rise of...
Clash of civilizations
America and Western Europe have stagnated while China dives into its newfound riches. Ethnic nationalism is on the rise while the liberal globalist elite does...
The naiveté of the shortsighted
“It is somewhat ridiculous to suppose that the invention of a motor car can render horses less necessary to man.” Saddlery and Harness Magazine, 1895...
The internet is peanuts
Said filmmaker Orson Welles in 1956: “I hate television. I hate it as much as peanuts. But I can’t stop eating peanuts.” We’re at a...
The unique shall inherit the Earth
There are three ways to stand out and be remembered: Be so good that they can’t ignore you. Be so interesting that they can’t ignore...
Social media companies as old storefronts
If Facebook’s recent newsfeed changes are any sign, social media is in decay. It’s gone from connecting people to Buzzfeed’s linkbait to a nest of...
The London Milkman
Photographer Fred Morley staged the famous photo of a milkman walking through the destruction of London after the German blitz during the Second World War....
Signalling anonymity
Your face and clothing signal your identity. Your DNA is one thing, your outer design another; fashion is the only element you can control. A...
Making for the micro
People always made art. Now, we just make it and share it in abundance. But all the noise makes it impossible for aspiring creators to...
Stem the tide
Automatons are soulless; they operate on voltage levels. However, humans can also be cruel, drugging the thinking out of their mind. Evil is infectious; it...