10 commercials made by famous directors

From David Lynch to Ridley Scott: 10 commercials made by famous directors

It was Andy Warhol who said, “Being good in business is the most fascinating kind of art. Making money is art and working is art and good business is the best art.” This was an opinion propagated in a rather more applied sense by one of his New York contemporaries Keith Haring, who said, “If commercialism is putting my art on a shirt so that a kid who can’t afford a $30,000 painting can buy one then I’m all for it.” In a strange way, an advert to a director is like a T-shirt to a painter, in the most ambiguous way possible it both literally and figuratively works as a shop front. 

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10 Best Methods of Learning Smarter and Faster

The study breaks down how effective 10 different learning techniques are depending on who’s doing the learning, what materials are required, and the specificity of the learning task. In short, the researchers create a comprehensive picture of which learning techniques are most effective when, why, and for whom.

10 Best Methods of Learning Smarter and Faster

Covid-19: One Year Later - The New York Times

These stories offer a look at one year of loss and disruption.

Covid-19: One Year Later - The New York Times

A year of covid-19: Timeline of the pandemic in America - Washington Post

Weeks before American life ground to a halt, the coronavirus was blazing a mostly silent path across the country, burrowing deep into people’s lungs and launching an attack that would expose nationwide vulnerabilities, scar a generation and reshape the world.

For most people, March 11 was when the covid-19 crisis first became real. It was the day of a high-profile diagnosis, major event cancellations and an official designation: pandemic. Schools closed, streets emptied and commuters stayed home.

A year of covid-19: Timeline of the pandemic in America - Washington Post

Shop Class as Soulcraft

Anyone in the market for a good used machine tool should talk to Noel Dempsey, a dealer in Richmond, Virginia. Noel’s bustling warehouse is full of metal lathes, milling machines, and table saws, and it turns out that most of it is from schools. EBay is awash in such equipment, also from schools. It appears shop class is becoming a thing of the past, as educators prepare students to become “knowledge workers.”

Shop Class as Soulcraft

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What can we learn from the secret habits of genius? | Aeon Essays

Yes, I know you needed to see the latest from the Capitol storming, the impeachment hearings, the Republican backlash, and then you’ll need to know how it’s all going down with the new administration in the first 100 days, and then perhaps you’ll want to check in on the stalled Covid-19 vaccination effort. And then poof, before you know it, midterm elections will be ramping up and you’ll need to scroll and scroll and scroll.

What can we learn from the secret habits of genius? | Aeon Essays

12 Ways to Use Your Phone Less | Forge

Yes, I know you needed to see the latest from the Capitol storming, the impeachment hearings, the Republican backlash, and then you’ll need to know how it’s all going down with the new administration in the first 100 days, and then perhaps you’ll want to check in on the stalled Covid-19 vaccination effort. And then poof, before you know it, midterm elections will be ramping up and you’ll need to scroll and scroll and scroll. 

12 Ways to Use Your Phone Less | Forge