9 Best Articles in 2022
moxie.org
My first impressions of web3
moxie.org
~14 min read · Jan 7th · Despite considering myself a cryptographer, I have not found myself particularly drawn to “crypto.” I don’t think I’ve ever actually said the words “get off my lawn,” but I’m much more likely to click…
tante
The Third Web
tante
20+ min read · 2021-12-17 · I had hoped that I wouldn’t have to write this thing, that blockchains and NFTs and all that would just go away and become a chapter in a book about weird economic scams. But if 2021 taught us anything it’s that we can’t have nice things so here we are.
The Atlantic
NFTs Are an Art Project Gone Awry
The Atlantic
8 min read · 2021-04-02 · When we invented non-fungible tokens, we were trying to protect artists. But tech-world opportunism has struck again.
hellogiggles.com
Stuck at home? These 12 famous museums offer virtual tours you can take on your couch
hellogiggles.com
3 min read · 2020-03-14 · Experience the best museums from London to Seoul in the comfort of your own home.
Travel + Leisure
Stuck at Home? These 12 Famous Museums Offer Virtual Tours You Can Take on Your Couch
Travel + Leisure
3 min read · 2020-03-13 · Going into a self-quarantine can have many complex issues and complications beyond having enough food and supplies for two weeks. In terms of entertainment, it…
a16z
NFTs and a Thousand True Fans
a16z
6 min read · 2021-02-27 · Non-fungible tokens offer fundamentally better economics for creators by removing rent-seeking, enabling granular pricing, and reducing customer acquisition costs.
Creative Bloq
Free online resources for artists and designers stuck at home
Creative Bloq
4 min read · 2020-03-25 · Drawing lessons, software, books and more – the creative community continues to offer amazing support amid virus outbreak.
Open Culture
The Louvre’s Entire Collection Goes Online: View and Download 480,00 Works of Art
Open Culture
2 min read · 2021-03-29 · If you go to Paris, many will advise you, you must go to the Louvre; but then, if you go to Paris, as nearly as many will advise you, you must not go to the Louvre.
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moxie.org
My first impressions of web3
moxie.org
~14 min read · Jan 7th · Despite considering myself a cryptographer, I have not found myself particularly drawn to “crypto.” I don’t think I’ve ever actually said the words “get off my lawn,” but I’m much more likely to click…
The Art Newspaper
'Very, very strange and wildly illiquid': Freakonomics' Stephen Dubner on the 'bizarre' art market
The Art Newspaper
5 min read · 2021-12-23 · The New York-based author has just released a three-part podcast series on The Hidden Side of the Art Market. Here, he speaks about what he learned—and why art is a bad financial investment, but a…
Aeon+Psyche
When art transports us, where do we actually go?
Aeon+Psyche
6 min read · Jan 11th · Artworks have the capacity to transport us into other worlds. But where exactly do we go when we are immersed in art?
cold-takes.com
Where's Today's Beethoven?
cold-takes.com
~20 min read · Jan 5th · Why is no composer today as acclaimed as Beethoven, no author as acclaimed as Shakespeare? A data-driven look at a few possible explanations.
Texas Monthly
The Steel House Saga: One Man’s Masterpiece Is Another’s Airbnb
Texas Monthly
10 min read · Jan 5th · The late sculptor Robert Bruno's unfinished home—a Lubbock-area landmark—is becoming a vacation rental. His friends are distressed.
Open Culture
Brian Eno Shares His Critical Take on Art & NFTs: “I Mainly See Hustlers Looking for Suckers”
Open Culture
3 min read · 2021-12-30 · Image via Wikimedia Commons It can feel, in our inequality-addled world, that we have little left in common -- that there is no 'we,' just us and them. But multiple crises driving us apart have the…
kottke.org
Soap Bubbles Freeze in the Icy Cold
kottke.org
Jan 19th · Watch soap bubbles dance and twist in the cold weather until they freeze into perfectly round little ice domes. See also Freezin
The New Yorker
Julia Cameron Says You Can Get Creative Indoors
The New Yorker
6 min read · Jan 23rd · The author of “The Artist’s Way” talks about her path to self-help stardom and the “spiritual crisis” brought on by the pandemic.
elephant.art
The Photographers Developing a Fresh Relationship with the American South
elephant.art
3 min read · Jan 25th · An exhibition celebrates 25 years of the Picturing the South project, which sets out to show new perspectives on the area, its past and its present.
kottke.org
Tree Root System Drawings
kottke.org
Jan 24th · The Wageningen University & Research houses a collection of almost 1200 drawings of the root systems of trees, grasses
