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🇪🇷Götterdämmerung Mar 5, 2025

In Ted Gioia's latest essay, The World Was Flat. Now It's Flattened, he mourns the flattening of culture. How the chaotic, grassroots creativity of the past has been steamrolled into a soulless, algorithm driven sludge. But there's an uncomfortable truth his argument can't bring itself to say: culture isn't the driver here. It's the passenger, strapped in, nodding along as corporate & technological forces dictate the route.
#TedGioia
#HonestBroker
https://www.honest-broker.com/p/the-world-was-flat-now-its-flattened

The World Was Flat. Now It's Flattened

The state of the culture, 2025

The Honest Broker

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bs2 Sep 9, 2024

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> Apologists for Israeli violence now tend often to be defensive and desperate, rather than arrogant and overbearing. But the critique of Israeli actions is thin, because the basic facts are systematically suppressed.. the decisive US role in barring diplomatic options, undermining democracy, and supporting Israel’s systematic program of undermining.. political settlement. But portrayal of the US as an “#HonestBroker,” ...is characteristic, not only in this domain.
#NoamChomsky

Moonshine Brigade Jun 1, 2024

Will there be a shift to the #Fediverse when the #creators are fed up with #YouTube and the likes?
What would it take.. a diminishing in pay per stream?
Most creators are kinda locked in..

https://www.honest-broker.com/p/in-2024-the-tension-between-macroculture

#microculture #macroculture #TedGioia #HonestBroker #SubStack

In 2024, the Tension Between Macroculture and Microculture Will Turn into War

And I can already tell you who will win

The Honest Broker

Somepix Feb 25, 2024

https://www.honest-broker.com/p/the-state-of-the-culture-2024

Quote : The fastest growing sector of the culture economy is distraction. Or call it scrolling or swiping or wasting time or whatever you want. But it’s not art or entertainment, just ceaseless activity.

#culture #tedgoia #honestbroker #art #entertainement #history

The State of the Culture, 2024

Or a glimpse into post-entertainment society (it's not pretty)

The Honest Broker

Richard R Lee Jan 13, 2024

Many folks (like me) have had mixed emotions about #JohnKerry and his role as US #ClimateEnvoy over the past few years. He has proudly served his Country for decades and has been an #honestbroker always. I wish him all the best in his next endeavors.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/13/climate/john-kerry-climate-envoy.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

John Kerry Bows Out as U.S. Climate Envoy

Mr. Kerry, 80, is expected to work on President Biden’s re-election campaign to stress the administration’s climate achievements.

The New York Times

DrBob, 🧠 Mechanic Nov 23, 2023

Be careful of #Billionaires trying to Help!

Ted Gioia did a great post on #EffectiveAltruism:

"Effective altruists don’t look at the actual actions at hand or their consequences today—hah, that would be too obvious. They only think about long-term holistic results, and hope to maximize pleasure and good feelings in the aggregate"

#tedgioia #honestbroker
https://www.honest-broker.com/p/why-i-ran-away-from-philosophy-because

Why I Ran Away from Philosophy Because of Sam Bankman-Fried

Or how flawed thinking can make $10 billion disappear

The Honest Broker

DrBob, 🧠 Mechanic Sep 20, 2023

Jim Croce died 50 years ago today.

Here’s my absolute favorite Jim Croce cover of Operator" by Glitterish - from Transparent Music From...

https://youtu.be/Gj-4JPD2WtE?si=UdWKpTatHxJLb10c
#JimCroce #tedgioia #honestbroker
https://www.honest-broker.com/p/jim-croce-and-me

"Operator" by Glitterish [Jim Croce cover] - from Transparent Music From The Amazon Original Series

YouTube

DrBob, 🧠 Mechanic Sep 19, 2023

Ted Goia puts 10 albums in the winner's circle!

"Trends come and go, and it’s often hard to separate music of real value from the merely fashionable. As a result, it can take some digging to find new musicians to dig.

But if you’re persistent, you will find the winners, even in a down market.”

#tedgoia #music #topten #honestbroker
https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/gioia-ten-winners-9-23/pl.u-xR4BYt3GBN