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Rereading this now that I have a physical copy.

These lectures aren’t just excellent,
They’re also free:

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLE...

Touching grass, benefits of, scientific evidence.

“At the end of the day, the production of visual art is unlikely to be transformed in quite the same way as the market for handbags or fancy dresses.
The latter are functional items.
Thus, it is comparatively easy to redefine what counts as desirable, as long as they maintain their core utility.

In contrast to this, *the main function of contemporary visual art is that it serves as…
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Despite their differences, the 60’s Counterculture and the New Left shared an interest in cybernetics and McLuhanism. Particularly the belief that society would guarantee its liberation by reformatting itself as a computational system.
Given this family history, it should be no surprise at how easily the biggest American tech firms recuperated and then swept aside identity politics.