The rise of complex TV series and vast novels shows we still prefer commitment to a quick fix
The young woman opposite on the tube last week was lost in Donna Tartt's new novel, The Goldfinch. She personified the truth that attention deficit disorder is a lie. I'm not saying she was weirdly small, but she could have used the 771-page book as a coffee table. She was about halfway through and the covers kept springing back in defiance of her struggling fingers. When she finally got off at Earl's Court she looked like she needed assistance, or a trolley.
Why didn't she read Tartt as an ebook? Why did she choose this inefficient delivery system that proves what Philip Larkin wrote at the end of A Study of Reading Habits, namely that "books are a load of crap"? There seem to be two reasons.
One, the notion of conspicuous consumption developed by Thorstein Veblen.
The young woman opposite on the tube last week was lost in Donna Tartt's new novel, The Goldfinch. She personified the truth that attention deficit disorder is a lie. I'm not saying she was weirdly small, but she could have used the 771-page book as a coffee table. She was about halfway through and the covers kept springing back in defiance of her struggling fingers. When she finally got off at Earl's Court she looked like she needed assistance, or a trolley.
Why didn't she read Tartt as an ebook? Why did she choose this inefficient delivery system that proves what Philip Larkin wrote at the end of A Study of Reading Habits, namely that "books are a load of crap"? There seem to be two reasons.
One, the notion of conspicuous consumption developed by Thorstein Veblen.
- 11/6/2013
- by Stuart Jeffries
- The Guardian - Film News
London, Jan ary 15: When our lives are filled with routines and monotonous meetings we can all fall victim to the effects of boredom, but researchers have tried to find if boredom is necessarily a bad thing.
In a recent study, psychologists reported that staring into space at work can have a positive effect on creativity by giving the mind a chance to wander, the Daily Mail reported.
Last year, the eminent neuroscientist Baroness Greenfield suggested that boredom is good for children because it encourages them to use their imaginations and develop a sense of identity from having to find things to do.
In his book 'Boredom: A Lively History', Professor Peter Toohey of the University of Calgary in Canada says that.
In a recent study, psychologists reported that staring into space at work can have a positive effect on creativity by giving the mind a chance to wander, the Daily Mail reported.
Last year, the eminent neuroscientist Baroness Greenfield suggested that boredom is good for children because it encourages them to use their imaginations and develop a sense of identity from having to find things to do.
In his book 'Boredom: A Lively History', Professor Peter Toohey of the University of Calgary in Canada says that.
- 1/15/2013
- by Machan Kumar
- RealBollywood.com
Through the story of another filmmaker's struggles to create art, Godard explores the essence of cinema and different ways of telling he truth.
Have you ever watched a movie and been aware of how much your emotions are being manipulated? Your buttons being pushed?
Just before I watched this film, I’d seen neuroscientist Susan Greenfield talk about how modern media encourages a sequence she calls arousal-addiction-reward. Stimulating that mental pathway releases dopamine, which inhibits the part of the brain associated with evaluating social behaviour, planning complex...
Have you ever watched a movie and been aware of how much your emotions are being manipulated? Your buttons being pushed?
Just before I watched this film, I’d seen neuroscientist Susan Greenfield talk about how modern media encourages a sequence she calls arousal-addiction-reward. Stimulating that mental pathway releases dopamine, which inhibits the part of the brain associated with evaluating social behaviour, planning complex...
- 4/10/2012
- by Chris
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
See if you can guess which innovative writer was born 120 years ago today? Hint: You may have to break into the library with a lead pipe to find your tickets for the Orient Express. Yup, Agatha Christie, and Google's celebrating it with a new Google Doodle. She's sold over four billion copies, by the way ... how about that for inspiration for the work day ahead?
1. Google is now definitely going to be getting into the social network game. CEO Eric Schmidt said so, publicly, by noting a "social layer" will go into its search systems, mapping offerings and YouTube. So actually this Google expansionist effort isn't about pies, it's more about a cream-filled layer cake ... and now the Internets are wondering what on Earth the actual outcome will be. Hopefully it'll be more successful, and less care-free about user privacy, than the failed Buzz network.
2. Verizon, keen to retain as...
1. Google is now definitely going to be getting into the social network game. CEO Eric Schmidt said so, publicly, by noting a "social layer" will go into its search systems, mapping offerings and YouTube. So actually this Google expansionist effort isn't about pies, it's more about a cream-filled layer cake ... and now the Internets are wondering what on Earth the actual outcome will be. Hopefully it'll be more successful, and less care-free about user privacy, than the failed Buzz network.
2. Verizon, keen to retain as...
- 9/15/2010
- by Kit Eaton
- Fast Company
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