"Hegel suggested that the end of art is the concentrated essence of spirit, of the soul that does not need any medium to convey its spirit." How do Hegelian ideas square with art in the two centuries following his death?
Authorship is inherently connected to power and influence. Just as the act of naming something or naming someone, for that matter, asserts a sort of control over it, we attach our names to art to claim it.
"For many Americans, the technological leaps made during the Cold War have become synonymous with the Space Race. But an almost forgotten effort involved collaborations from around the globe."
"Located some thousand kilometers off the coast of Ecuador, the Galápagos Islands is an oasis where one may connect with nature. The trade-off? You can’t really connect to the internet."
What do the human interactions with this early chatterbot reveal about relationships, not only between people and robots, but also between people themselves?
“It is from the beginnings of Western society that we can observe a scathing remark can go unpunished so long as it is accompanied by a joke.” On Molière, satire, and power.