HeyJaredMichael Rushton
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- Sep 9, 2026
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We cannot quantify the richness of a nation’s literary life (opens the original)
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In the English-speaking world, is there a decline in our literacy and in how people live with literature? For the past while there has been a debate on whether we are losing our literary culture – James Marriott thinks we are at the “dawn of the post-literate society” and has a forthcoming book that extends the argument. I’ll write up a review when I get my copy, but Henry Oliver has already obtained it, and gives some thoughtful pushback on Marriott’s analysis. Who’s right? I’m not sure. My int
The Personal Brand Generation (opens the original)
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Last week I learned that Arizona State University had launched a new degree program, a Bachelor of Arts in Content Creation, which can be taken either online or in-person: Do you dream of monetizing your video channel or making social media your career? Arizona State University’s online Bachelor of Arts in content creation prepares you to become a strategic storyteller who thrives in the rapidly evolving creator economy. This online program teaches you how to create powerful content across video
Reading Isaac Butler’s The Perfect Moment (opens the original)
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Isaac Butler has written a history of the controversies – dubbed the “culture wars” – that arose in the United States around the arts and arts-adjacent fields from the mid-1980s to around 2000. These were fights over state censorship of art, and the separate issue of restrictions on the content of art that could be available for government funding, even if quite indirectly. Butler tells a vivid story with good portraits of the artists whose work was at issue. He is especially good at defining th
Free Speech on Someone Else’s Stage – An Update (opens the original)
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A few months ago I posted about a controversy in Australia, where a musician had a future appearance with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra cancelled because he had, contrary to MSO policy, made political comments during a performance. He sued, and the New York Times today reports (gift link) that he lost in court: The pianist, Jayson Gillham, claimed in a lawsuit that the orchestra had violated the country’s Fair Work Act and his right not to be treated unfavorably in the workplace because of hi
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