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The fat tail will be human, the medium tail social, the long tail algorithmic

The fat tail will be human, the medium tail social, the long tail algorithmic

Jeff Jarvis is liveblogging a DLD panel discussion between Jimmy Wales

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Bloggers Rewrite History, Says Writer Who Wrote Own Reviews [Books]

Bloggers Rewrite History, Says Writer Who Wrote Own Reviews [Books]
Much like bloggers, Stalin “rewrote history, made anonymous accusations, hired and elevated hacks and phonies, …

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Unfrozen Caveman Scholar [Open Caption]

Unfrozen Caveman Scholar [Open Caption]

[Scholar and activist Cornel West at this past weekend’s BET Awards in Washington; image via AP]

Steverino’s new line …

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Lewis Hyde describes modern culture much the way Oscar Wilde described a cynic: “A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.

Lewis Hyde describes modern culture much the way Oscar Wilde described a cynic: “A man who knows the price of everything and the value of …

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The brain is often envisioned as something like a computer, and the body as its all-purpose tool. But a growing body of new research suggests that something more collaborative is going on – that we think not just with our brains, but with our bodies.

The brain is often envisioned as something like a computer, and the body as its all-purpose tool. But a growing body of new research suggests …

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Forget class versus trash, the elite versus the masses. Divide culture consumers into four new groups, says an international study Oxford University researchers released late last month that will have far-reaching results for arts support everywhere. “Univores,” “Omnivores,” “Paucivores” and “Inactives” are the new categories we can all find ourselves in. Which one depends on whether we believe Britney is a huge tabloid star or an area in northwestern France where Impressionist painters spent their summers.

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Palo Santo (3/5)

Palo Santo (3/5)
Tough call, as I really wanted to dig the experience. Decor was egregious, as were some of the staff (others not at …

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But the growth in the ranks of the superrich does not explain the hypertrophy in magical value. Just when digital reproduction makes it possible to create a “Rembrandt” good enough to fool the eye, the “real” Rembrandt becomes more expensive than ever. Why? Because the same free flow that makes information cheap and reproducible helps us treasure the sight of information that is not. A story gains power from its attachment, however tenuous, to a physical object. The object gains power from the story. The abstract version may flash by on a screen, but the worn parchment and the fading ink make us pause. The extreme of scarcity is intensified by the extreme of ubiquity.

But the growth in the ranks of the superrich does not explain the hypertrophy in magical value. Just when digital reproduction makes it possible to …

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