Everything is complicated; if that were not so, life and poetry and everything else would be a bore.
—Walace Stevens
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The fine arts once divorcing themselves from truth are quite certain to fall mad, if they do not die.
—Thomas Carlyle
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Art is anything you can get away with.
—Marshall McLuhan
Tom Wolfe, R. I. P.
Founder of the New Journalism movement Tom Wolfe has died at age 88. He was a writer with the right stuff.
I’m Not Making This Up, You Know
And now someone is upset about Apu being an “offensive stereotype.”
Umm … well, yes … Apu is an offensive stereotype. So are almost all of the characters on The Simpsons.
Meanwhile, Hank Azaria, the actor who voices Apu, has got woke and has said that it might be time to change the character.
D’oh!
The Future Isn’t What It Used To Be
2001: A Space Odyssey was released 50 years ago, and we haven’t been back to the Moon for over 40 years.
OTOH, social media companies are developing AI systems to watch over us.
Quote of the Day
Everything is complicated; if that were not so, life and poetry and everything else would be a bore.
—Wallace Stevens
