Petervan's Delicacies - Issue #126

The very best

Digital wellness offers self-help as self-reliance. A counter-narrative to disconnect and become "more" human.

An amazing overview by Aaron Lewis of the (technology) gods we use(d) to believe in.

About "microspectroscopy" of food on your smartphone, and why we can't have the same analysis of trustworthy information. Or how to deal with informations the same way as food.

I can't help it, but I am a big fan of Venkatesh Roa. He always challenges and rethinks.

Data and Society

I just discovered Geert Loving and his new book "Sad by Design". Finally some challenging to "traditional" internet critics

Memes come off as a joke, but some people are starting to see them as the serious threat they are. Memes (and their danger) pop up everywhere these months in internet critics' contributions.

Zeitgeist

lucy mcrae has created a device called the 'compression carpet' mimicking the effects of a hug by slowly tightening around the human body.

Internet Culture

As we cross the threshold into the Web 3.0 era, we face some extraordinary choices with serious and wide-ranging implications.

AI, Robots, Algorythms

CRISPR just got started....

Digital Ethics

Autonomous technologies, runaway markets, and weaponized media seem to have overturned civil society, paralyzing our ability to think constructively, connect meaningfully, or act purposefully. It… I love Dough, but the Silicon Valley vs. The Rest critique needs a refresh.

Post Capitalism

The current system has led to profound inequality. To fix it, we need businesses and executives to value purpose alongside profit.

Art related

Conductor and organist Kent Tritle explains all that goes into being a professional conductor. Some good lessons and metaphors for working with people.

Aesthetics

Paper Sculpture Artist Rogan Brown makes the invisible visible with his incredibly intricate paper sculptures inspired by nature's microrganisms.

Cinema is an art form that brings you the unexpected. In superhero movies, nothing is at risk, a director says. A plea for risk taking and real artistic interventions.

The theatre designer on creating a family dinner at Agamemnon’s, an election night Oedipus and the night Fiona Shaw. Fantastic pictures.

French artist Philippe Parreno has created a site-specific installation for the entrance of The Museum of Modern Art, New York.

For real nerds

A completely incomprehensible presentation by Anders J. Aamodt & Moritz Bierling: "Introducing Xenoreaction: The Physics of Schism and Unschism". Or they are joking or I am completely stupid. Probably both of them.