YouTubers are quickly replacing the A-list celebrities, and while I’m surprised to see the studios going along with this trend, I’m not at all disappointed, and, for the first time in a long time, I’m hopeful for the future of entertainment.
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In March of 2026, the horror novel Shy Girl was pulled from publication after the author was suspected of using AI to help her write it.
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On Saturday, I looked at Matt Johnson’s thoughts on George Orwell’s vital but comparatively unknown 1946 essay, “The Prevention of Literature.” Orwell, famous for Animal Farm (1945) and Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949), wanted to “make political writing into an art.” He was well aware that most competitors for public attention simply wanted to make political writing a reliable form of mass brainwashing. He hoped to find a public that sought an alternative. He published “Prevention” (longish, at 5500 words) in Polemic, a short-lived British intellectual magazine (1945–47), which featured work by such notables as Henry Miller, Bertrand Russell, A. J. Ayer, and Dylan Thomas. Intellectual freedom as “violence” Intellectual freedom, as we have always been told, is only ever one generation Read More ›
Perhaps it isn’t coincidental that this kind of longform writing is having trouble at the same time that the online news cycle gets ever more ephemeral.
Read More ›The A-list actor has become a thing of the past. Hollywood decided to focus on adapting franchises rather than promoting their actors, and because of this, most of the few A-list actors who remain have been grandfathered in. They are survivors of an old era.
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But there is something beautiful about the imperfection of certain objects, architecture, and in the Arts, especially old buildings, films, paintings, and music.
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Enter Porsche, the car company, and it’s advertisement, contrasting with Coca-Cola, shows the time-tested beauties of hand-drawn and CGI animation.
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Many people on social media pushed back against the claim that Atwood’s famous, bestselling book has in any way been “banned.”
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Reading great books might not immediately come to mind, but according to professor Shilo Brooks, it just might be a part of the answer.
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The book may not present neat answers to our problems, but it presents a vital picture of what it looks like to cherish life and hold onto to the inherent value of human life.
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Shows like Kimmel’s and Colbert’s have long abandoned the usual attempts at humor, which has historically included taking jabs at both sides of the aisle.
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Without materialism. math still adds up, physics and chemistry are still true, and logic still works. Only forgettable projects would be forgotten.
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It’s too soon to tell where AI Hollywood will fall between a predicted Armageddon and a Golden Age. But Emanuel’s opinion would surely be important to know.
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Whatever one’s opinions regarding solutions for declining literacy rates, people can always start to brew change in their own lives and communities.
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If materialism is false, if there is at least something at work beyond the material realm, then stories just got interesting again.
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Can journalistic objectivity ever be regained in today’s fractured, highly online culture? Also, can comedians make jokes about everybody, not just one side?
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Recently, Spotify was found to be publishing AI-generated songs by deceased musicians. In addition, AI bands are starting to pop up.
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While millionaires can manage major cash hemorrhages, the average American faces devastation by just a single bet gone awry.
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Free speech entails engaging with views one might not agree with. Why not enjoy the books (or not) and debate the ideas in the public arena?
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Whatever one’s opinion, it’s still a fact that, unlike a human writer or artist, AI can’t think or feel.
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