The “Internet of Things” is Sending Us Back to the Middle Ages Joshua Fairfield Arts & Culture Internet-enabled devices are so common, and so vulnerable, that hackers recently broke into a casino through its fish tank. The tank had internet-connected sensors measuring its temperature and cleanliness....
Attitudes Toward Innovation, Part Three Paul Kirkham Arts & Culture This post is in response to Hippo’s call for academic, historical, critical, and/or cultural essays that our readers might possibly have lying around. Is that you? Email info@hipporeads.com for a chance to...
“The Essay is the Genre of Presence”: An Interview with Nicole B. Wallack Nicole B. Wallack Arts & Culture Nicole B. Wallack, Director of the Undergraduate Writing Program at Columbia University, knows her way around the essay. Her new book, Crafting Presence, not only shows instructors how to teach writing via...
Are Women’s Workspaces Really Their Own? Laurie Cohen Arts & Culture Five years ago, in a survey conducted by ABC News and People Magazine, I Love Lucy was crowned the best TV show of all time. Given that most attempts to gauge public opinion nowadays uncover sentiments firmly...
In Defense of Kink John Altmann Arts & Culture, Philosophy Content Warning: The following article discusses rape, sexual abuse, murder, and other graphic topics. Last month, headlines broke out that a man by the name of Brendt Christensen kidnapped and potentially...
The Etymology of Summer Meriwether Clarke Arts & Culture This piece originally appeared in Entropy Magazine. Author’s note: The date and definition of each word is only the Oxford English Dictionary’s first known recording of the word’s use (in...
You Can’t Eat with Us! When the Working Class Meet High-End Cooking Shows Sarah Attfield Arts & Culture, Politics & Economics Like many reality TV fans, I get caught up in the drama of competitive shows such as MasterChef Australia and more recently, Adriano Zumbo’s Just Desserts. Audiences are given plenty of time over the course...
