It would be incredibly presumptuous and self-serving of me to believe that Facebook was the end of history. The only way it could possibly be the end of history is if it becomes some sort of artificial super intelligence that takes over the world. less than 1 minute read
Sending Paris Hilton to jail for being the most loathed celeprosy lesion in the history of the species seems like a happening idea at first - forty-five days at Century Regional Detention Center is so the new thirty days at Promises Malibu! But it sets a dangerous precedent to jail celebs just because someone hates them. less than 1 minute read
Rupert Murdoch is probably the most successful media proprietor and operator in history. less than 1 minute read
Itβs incredible to have been part of fashion history - my whole career has been one big highlight. less than 1 minute read
At an incredibly divisive point in pop history, Donna Summer managed to create an undeniable across-the-board experience of mass pleasure - after βBad Girls,β nobody ever tried claiming disco sucked again. It set the template for what Michael Jackson would do a few months later with βOff The Wall.β less than 1 minute read
Last year I was diagnosed with osteoporosis. I was over 50, Caucasian, thin, small-framed, and I have it in my genetic history. It was almost a slam-dunk. less than 1 minute read
Film is the manipulative medium par excellence. When you think back on the history of film and the 20th century, you see the propaganda thatβs been made. So there are moral demands on the director to treat the spectators as seriously as he or she takes himself and not to see them merely as victims that can be manipulated to whatever ends they have. less than 1 minute read
If we got into a situation where people start burning our records, then bring it on. Thatβs the whole point. The gloaming has begun. Weβre in the darkness. This has happened before. Go read some history. less than 1 minute read
Science fiction is any idea that occurs in the head and doesnβt exist yet, but soon will, and will change everything for everybody, and nothing will ever be the same again. As soon as you have an idea that changes some small part of the world you are writing science fiction. It is always the art of the possible, never the impossible. less than 1 minute read