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The Cost of being Average
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Brussels’s controversial Kanal-Centre Pompidou opens in November
This past spring, an eclectic mix of journalists donned hard hats and dusty boots to join Kasia Redzisz, the artistic director of the Kanal-Centre Pompidou in Brussels, on a tour through the institution’s colossal former Citroën garage…
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The Einstein test: what happens when AI tries to rediscover relativity?
In 1915, Albert Einstein unveiled his general theory of relativity and transformed our view of the fabric of the physical world. The theory, which explains gravitation as a deformation of space-time by mass, is a pinnacle of modern…
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When “Average-Level” Work Is Worth Nothing
When competent work is available at nearly zero cost, it provides little competitive advantage. We have seen versions of this value shift before: Cloud computing changed the skills required to manage infrastructure and GPS reduced the…
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Bristol Old Vic, One Of UK’s Top Regional Theatres, Announces Staff Buyouts
The company, saying it needs to cut personnel costs by 5%, is launching what it calls a “‘Voluntary Leavers Scheme.” Britain’s oldest continuously operating theatre, the Bristol Old Vic has for years been struggling with a…
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Netflix to Report Box Office for the First Time With Several Films
Although it failed to acquire Warner Bros., Netflix will wade further into the theatrical marketplace after years of staying out of it, reporting box office grosses for the first time for a handful of movies it will bring to the big…
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Jonathan Swift v. AI — The Dial
I have spent a significant portion of my life studying the Irish satirist Jonathan Swift — and in particular, studying Gulliver’s Travels, which turns 300 this year. While working on my Ph.D. dissertation, I was primarily interested in…
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The Acrobats Who Entertain Drivers Stuck In Nairobi’s Horrendous Traffic Jams
“Nairobi’s street acrobats first began appearing in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic, and they have since become normalized at traffic stops in and around the city, with acrobats taking advantage of gridlocks to perform in exchange for…
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‘A completely unique opportunity’: the secretive process that will decide the BBC’s future | BBC
In a temperature-controlled room in a suburb of Reading, the basis of the BBC’s existence is kept in a flat, square, faded navy case, the size of a large pizza box. Inside is a stack of vellum – calfskin, pounded until it forms a milky…
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Louisville’s Speed Art Museum Names New Director
The Speed Art Museum in Louisville, Kentucky, has named Kathleen V. Jameson as its next director. She officially began in the role on Tuesday. She replaces Raphaela Platow, who stepped down last year at the end of a four-year contract.…
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