Thinking Against the Spectacle: How the Attention Crisis, Political Performance, and Tech Geopolitics Threaten the Public Good
From the Open Culture Blog.
Introduction: Digital Distraction and Cultural Embodiment
The newsletter snippets from Monocle, Semafor, ArtNews, TLDR, Rest of World, UBS Insights and the Economist from August 11-13, 2025, present a kaleidoscopic view of contemporary global affairs, blending opinion pieces, cultural critiques, geopolitical briefs, and business forecasts into a tapestry…
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