Dan DiPiero finds traces of the postmodern in a new album by Reid Anderson, Dave King, and Craig Taborn.
A Thought Experiment
Paul Dourish examines the possibility that AI isn't really any smarter than the humans who enable it.
Meretricious Marriage Story
Greg Gerke assesses the originality and impact of Noah Baumbach's latest film.
They Are Not Your Fiduciaries: Talking to David Pozen
Andy Fitch talks with David Pozen about the folly of treating Big Tech companies as "information fiduciaries."
Nothing Gold Can Stay: Reflecting on the Legacy of Kobe Bryant
Mansoor Khan reflects on what the basketball legend meant to him as a child, an adult, and a Pakistani-American.
Danielle Lessovitz’s Port Authority: Visually Stunning and Authentic
Emma Konst contextualizes the "full-bodied, realistic trans character" in Danielle Lessovitz’s "Port Authority" among recent films about trans love.
I Am a Bot. All Bots Are Liars.
Peggy Weil talks about the ability of new computers to hoodwink us.
The Weekly Read: January 27, 2020
Steve Lichtman reviews the week in culture and politics.
An Odyssey Through Central Asia: Erika Fatland’s Sovietistan
Tamerlane Salyk reviews the tour of the "stans" in "Sovietstan," a travelogue by Erika Fatland, translated by Kari Dickson.
Korea’s Greatest Living Novelist Never Published in English: Introducing Kim Hoon and His War on Abstraction
Colin Marshall talks about Kim Hoon, Korea's prolific and successful historical novelist.