By CreativeFuture
Art is so ubiquitous in our society that we often take it for granted. Indeed, it’s almost impossible to turn at any street corner without seeing something that an artist designed. Art can be found in all sorts of shapes, sizes, and forms – and everywhere from billboards on your way to... Read more
By Justin Sanders
With all the controversy swirling around Big Tech in 2018, you may have missed yet another, slightly less reported-on scandal that occurred near the end of the year in New Zealand. It involved the murder of British backpacker Grace Millane, and the temporary name suppression ordered by the local authorities... Read more
By: Justin Sanders
Well, another holiday season has come and gone, and we’re feeling a little blue – though not for the reason you might be thinking. Sure, we’re bummed that it’s going to be another year before we get to pull out the menorahs and the Christmas ornaments and the Kwanzaa kinaras.... Read more
By Ruth Vitale
Whether or not Santa Claus is part of your winter holiday tradition, you are almost certainly aware of his infamous “list.” You know, the thing that he “checks twice” and through some calculus known only to him, determines who on it has been “naughty or nice.” This year, I have... Read more
By Philippe Carcassonne and Ruth Vitale
YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki is the protagonist in a propaganda war about the new EU Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market. One of the directive’s stated aims was to ensure that hosting sites such as YouTube step up to their responsibility to discourage the uploading of creative copyright... Read more
By Justin Sanders
It’s time for another installment of our semi-regular round-up of brilliant commentary about the endlessly burning dumpster fire that is Big Tech! When we last checked in, Facebook and Google were trying to outdo each other on losing our trust, exploiting their users, and evading accountability. Since then, Facebook has taken... Read more
By Justin Sanders
With their band The Kin, Isaac and Thorald Koren have toured the world with the likes of Pink, Coldplay, and Rod Stewart. At one time, not so long ago, they were bringing their signature brand of high-energy yet introspective alternative rock to crowds of 20,000 people and more – even... Read more
By Ruth Vitale
When I was making my way through the independent film world of the ’90s, there was film piracy. It was hard work then – though not as difficult as making the film itself, mind you. A pirate had to set up multiple VCRs to dub one scratchy VHS tape to... Read more
By Ruth Vitale
In 2009, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg admitted in a Business Insider interview that his prime directive to his developers and team was to “Move fast and break things. Unless you are breaking stuff, you are not moving fast enough.” Zuckerberg would later update that uplifting little motto to the far... Read more
By Richard Schenkman
In 2007, I made a tiny, speculative science-fiction film called The Man from Earth. Scripted by the late, great writer Jerome Bixby, it tells the story of a history professor who reveals to his colleagues that he is a 14,000-year-old Cro-Magnon who has walked the Earth for millennia. I had... Read more
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