The essay was originally published by Peter Isztin on this blog. The movie ‘Barbie’ opens with a satirical scene on how the introduction of the popular doll into the market…
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“Progress Studies as a Moral Imperative” by Jason Crawford
Originally written by Jason Crawford for his The Roots of Progress website Tyler Cowen and Patrick Collison recently published an article in The Atlantic calling for a new discipline of “progress studies”. It met with an enthusiastic response…
“We Need a New Philosophy of Progress” by Jason Crawford
Originally written by Jason Crawford for his The Roots of Progress website We live in an age that has lost its optimism. Polls show that people think the world is getting…
“It’s for You: In Memory of Landlines Lost” by Marc Hochstein
Originally posted in RETURN The phone rang in my parents’ Park Avenue apartment. Not a phone. The phone. It was the late 1980s or early 1990s, I forget exactly when. Mobile phones were an…
“You Do Not Know That Artist You Love” by Celeste Marcus
Please enjoy this post “You Do Not Know That Artist You Love” by writer Celeste Marcus, who is currently working on the first English language biography of Chaïm Soutine. Happy…
“7 things you (probably) didn’t know about conservation” by Angelica Isa
Please enjoy this post “7 things you (probably) didn’t know about conservation” by museum conservator Angelica Isa in preparation for her debut salon, “The Other Conservation: The Role Of Heritage…
Interview: ii Host Swathy Prithivi on Pioneering Women
Swathy Prithivi, an Interintellect host and a pioneering woman herself, shares her thoughts on her upcoming SuperSalon with Jyoti Thottam — author and senior opinion editor at The New York…
Engineer and the Saint
A Polish engineer’s pursuit to design the perfect spinning wheel for Mahatma Gandhi Originally posted by Niloy Gupta on Substack. Shared with acknowledgment to Irene Karthik and Flick Hardingham for…