Shakespeare's King Lear Had a Happy Ending for 140 Years • Buttondown: Just a reminder that art has always been shaped by the society that consumes it. And ignoring Nietzsche’What Station Eleven and All the Light We Cannot See Reveal About Art and Loneliness - Reactor (reactormag.com): Really thoughtful piece. Q&A: Screenwriter Carly Wray on the Fundamentals of TV (substack.com): Great look at the thinking of a top-notch writer. The difference in treatment between him and Trump should tell us a lot about where elite opinion actually lies. A ‘plague’ comes before the fall: lessons from Roman history - Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists (thebulletin.org): A look at the Great Disease theory of Roman history.

Source: New York Times May 19, 2024 12:05 UTC