Field Notes of a Sentence Watcher
Taking pleasure in a well-crafted sentence is a good in itself.
The Professional-Managerial Novel
Posted on September 10, 2021
in THR Web Features
Image: An aerial view of St Stephen's Green in the centre of Dublin, during Indian summer. Via Wikimedia Commons.
Pretending that all workers are the same obscures rather than clarifies the reality of class.
Where the Critics of Liberalism Go Wrong
by
Andrew Lynn
Posted on September 3, 2021
in THR Web Features
Image: Don Quixote & his squire Sancho attacking a windmill. British Museum. Via Wikimedia Commons.
Postliberalism comes to embody a form of cultural criticism that ultimately does not believe in culture itself.
Why Lecture?
by
Amy Wright
Posted on August 31, 2021
in THR Web Features
Image: wk1003mike/Shutterstock, Inc./THR illustration.
It’s easy to see how lectures got a bad rap. We have all been subjected to someone who abused the privilege of an audience.
Looking Under the Hood of AI’s Dubious Models
Posted on August 11, 2021
in THR Web Features
Image: Oak Ridge National Laboratory super computer. Via Wikimedia Commons.
Models are only valuable in the long run if we are free to take them apart.
In the Sideshadows
Posted on August 3, 2021
in THR Web Features
Image: Slunce v lese by Antonín Slavíček. Gallery of Modern Art in Roudnice nad Labem. Via Wikimedia Commons.
Everyone contributes to the pandemic, so all bear responsibility.
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