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There’s a classic episode of The Simpsons in which Homer gets a gun. He thinks his awesome gun is great for everything: home defense, opening…
The Global Crisis of Bullshit Culture and Media Manipulation
The American philosopher Harry G. Frankfurt’s 2005 book, On Bullshit (originally an article from 1986), offers a theory of bullshit that defines the term and…
‘A name, a function and a philosophy’: The art of Indonesian batik | Arts and Culture News
Solo, Indonesia – Gunawan Setiawan is the fourth generation of batik makers and sellers in his family, and hails from the historic royal city of…