AvataralexeblazerAvatar 2 Is a Sappy Valentine to the Myth of the “Ecological Indian”slate.com - By Tyler Austin HarperThe sequel tries to sidestep white saviorism—and stumbles right into another familiar pitfall. When James Cameron’s Avatar hit theaters in December …
AvataralexeblazerWhat Happened to Giorgio Agamben?slate.com - By Adam KotskoIn February 2020, a hugely influential philosopher decided COVID lockdowns looked a lot like Nazi Germany. The fallout in academia and beyond has …
AvataralexeblazerWhy Your To-Do List Never Endsverified_publisherThe Atlantic - By Joe PinskerFor many Americans, there’s more to do, and less mental bandwidth with which to do it. A common 21st-century complaint is that life didn’t used to be as busy as it is today, but some people are more likely to think so than others. According to Liana Sayer, the director of the University of …
AvataralexeblazerThe Internet Archive Will Digitize & Preserve Millions of Academic Articles with Its New Database, “Internet Archive Scholar”openculture.com - Josh JonesOpen access publishing has, indeed, made academic research more accessible, but in “the move from physical academic journals to …
AvataralexeblazerWe Need to Talk About Audiblepublishersweekly.com - By Cory DoctorowIn 2007, as Apple's iTunes was cementing its dominance over digital music distribution, Amazon tried something bold. It launched the Amazon MP3 …
AvataralexeblazerThe Top 1% of Americans Have Taken $50 Trillion From the Bottom 90%—And That’s Made the U.S. Less SecureTIME - Nick HanauerLike many of the virus’s hardest hit victims, the United States went into the COVID-19 pandemic wracked by preexisting conditions. A fraying public health infrastructure, inadequate medical supplies, an employer-based health insurance system perversely unsuited to the moment—these and other …
