Bonaparte's conquest of Egypt stirred the Western fascination for it and started an escapist fashion of Orientalism, albeit largely a fantasy version of a romanticized East, while colonies enabled continuous confrontations in reality, in Peruvian-French Gauguin's case a never-ending sequence of frustrations even on paradisiac Tahiti. Rodrigo y Gabriela; Los Ángeles Azules; La Santa Cecilia and Natalia Lafourcade. Examine the rise and fall of "progress" as an ideology, and see how the "civilizing" project that arose from Enlightenment ideas was fraught with contradictions that troubled European artists in different ways. George Orwell,Politics and the English Language1. Now under investigation for election tampering, Meryl hires Penny's sharp-tongued sister, Celia, as her lawyer.

"Earth Focus" is an environmental news magazine that features investigative reports and in-depth stories about our changing environment and how it affects people around the world. The discussion around the Samsung case would be completely different if Samsung actually managed to make a better phone, but they didn’t. Huell meets the builders and sees the progress of a full-scale replica of the ship at the San Diego Maritime Museum. Being a public company, that goal is not likely to change in the near future. Consumer tech companies provide us with the goods we want, or goods that they made us think we want, but they don’t provide this direction, they merely reflect market demand. Will We Be Able to Reverse Trump’s Climate Damage? "Artbound" explores and illuminates the cultural issues of our times, providing critical in-depth analysis of how the arts and culture affects our society. View production, box office, & company info. The Cult of Progress “Progress is a comparative of which we have not settled the superlative.” – “On the Negative Spirit,” Heretics “Progress should mean that we are always changing the world to fit the vision, instead we are always changing the vision.” Featuring Katy Perry, Pink Martini, Thomas Wilkins, Nile Rodgers & CHIC, Diego El Cigala, plus John Williams with Gustavo Dudamel and the LA Phil.

It’s just business. Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Examine the rise and fall of “progress” as an ideology, and see how the “civilizing” project that arose from Enlightenment ideas was fraught with contradictions that troubled European artists in different ways. Explore one of humanity’s deepest artistic urges: the depiction of nature. There is much the same vagueness today around the word progress.
From Japanese katsu sandos to Tijuana-style tacos and Hong Kong buns, here are some purveyors from Smorgasburg’s lineup that will help you relish the last days of summer. Whenever something impedes progress, it is thought to be unquestionably bad, and consequently whenever something aids progress then it is deemed to be good. (01 Mar 2018). Samsung was accused by Apple of copying their iPhone designs, both, the hardware and the software. Apple won the case, pocketing a hefty fine of just over a billion dollars from Samsung. Highly recommended. California is the fifth largest cotton-producing state, while the San Joaquin Valley is the heart of California cotton country. (archive footage).

KPCC reporters discuss Newsom’s ban on gas cars, L.A. County’s re-opening plan and Project Roomkey. The New York Times reveals Donald Trump paid no federal income taxes in 10 of the last 15 years, and just $750 in federal income taxes in both 2016 and 2017. Probably good for sales, but not a product the public would see as being innovative. Add the first question. You want better products, but better how? Patents are weapons at their disposal that they have and will keep using as long as they exist and as long as the company’s primary goal is profit maximization. Photography would impose harsh, vulgar realism, pioneers deviated from traditional technique and POV to create new, less aesthetic styles like expressionism. Photography would impose harsh, vulgar realism, pioneers deviated from traditional technique and POV to create new, less aesthetic styles like expressionism. Pretty boy host & scholarly with fancy hair & the shallowest apparent knowledge of cultural or art history expounds on same from the most superficial perspective, nevertheless reinforced with a pronounced political correctness on the mores of the periods covered so we won't mistake his appreciation of Gauguin's maiden's with prurient interest. (archive footage), Self - Photojournalist But now…now we’re stuck in a slow iterative state where that more potent meaning of progress – of reshaping whole industries and our way of life – is substituted for its hollow shell that nevertheless possesses that same implication of a moral good. 46.

The world changed as it adopted the principles of Enlightenment -especially after the American and French revolutions- and was physically transformed by industrialization, stressing reason (science), technology and profit. There are two exceptions to this: 1) direct copying, which is plagiarism, and 2) copying the surface rather than the essence, which always leads to a design that is worse than the one you’re copying. When Apple released the iPhone it was a real breakthrough, but it wasn’t a breakthrough because they introduced some new piece of tech, it was a breakthrough because of the way they managed to bring all the existing technology together. There was a time that Los Angeles powered a lively Hispanic vaudeville scene, and its legacy still lives on in many performers today. The words democracy, socialism, freedom, realistic, justice, have each of them several different meanings which cannot be reconciled with one another. Watch Preview. “Southland Sessions” connects you to SoCal’s resilient arts scene one session at a time. Enjoy a Pan-American evening with this food guide that includes a recipe for Colombian arepas, as well as details on where to get vegan Mexican street food and Venezuelan favorites. We’ve had touch screen phones for a long time, but they were never very good.

Don't miss out on KCET.org's events, stories, breaking news, shows, and new recipes. Trump mocked Biden for wearing a mask while claiming that a vaccine would be available within weeks. Copying the surface level implementation without the regard for the constraints of your own project is also bad because good design in the context of consumer tech products is an optimal reflection of the underlying constraints. The words democracy, socialism, freedom, realistic, justice, have each of them several different meanings which cannot be reconciled with one another. A Hollywood Bowl event never feels quite complete without a little food and drink to accompany it. Explore art in the age of revolution, war and profound scientific change and consider the question: Should art create a separate realm, a place of escape, or should it plunge into the chaos, transforming the way we see and live in the world? This season features six half-hour episodes showcasing a collection of short films from schools across Southern California, including, winners in the categories of Documentary, Narrative and Animation. Steve Jobs even said it himself, that they have “always been shameless about stealing great ideas”2. Plagiarism is parasitic and thus unethical.

What kind of a vision of global interaction is created by … He said that among the thousand forms of thoughtlessness that make up what is called free thought is the claim that the world is always advancing step by step, but the free thinkers can never say where the next step will be. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CW0DUg63lqU. Visit our, As Pandemic Continues, Theater Becomes Increasingly Personal Online, How Light and Space Art Can Help Us See Differently, Huell Learns About Juan Cabrillo’s Ship, the San Salvador, Huell is Awed by the Beauty of Jacaranda Trees, Mercury in Our Waters: The 10,000-Year Legacy of California’s Gold Rush, 1 Billion People May Become Climate Refugees By 2050. Apple are known for stealing ideas. I’ve expressed my views on adapting the ideas of others not long ago, saying that in general people will benefit from this since it ensures a spread of good ideas. Light and Space artists have captured, investigated and metamorphosed light into unexpected artwork that implores us to look — really look. There oughta be a law against programming like this. Scanning the region, providing seeds of engagement through articles, videos, projects and partners, who are narrating the cultural stories of our region.

The evaluation of an action is either good or bad depending on whether it aids or impedes progress. PBS SoCal and KCET are collaborating with KPCC and LAist to bring you a daily reporter roundup discussing the latest regional news about COVID-19. In the case of a word like democracy, not only is there no agreed definition, but the attempt to make one is resisted from all sides. Where will they go and how will the world feed, clothe and shelter them?

As a substitute for the Ancient history of the Old World, art schools in the New were fascinated by native American cultures, landscape and wildlife. This not only makes our writing worse but also weakens our thought. Chesterton recognized the false cult of progress in the early 20th century. The Cult of Progress. Public Media Group of Southern California is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.Tax ID: 95-2211661, FCC Public Inspection File | Privacy Policy | Terms of Use, © 2020 - Public Media Group of Southern California, There are no airdates scheduled at this time. Apple’s weapons don’t only lie in good design, they lie in their force of lawyers, which, as a business looking to maximize profits, they pretty much have to use.

Politics and the English Language by Orwell is one of the best essays on writing that I’ve ever read.
In the essay Orwell deals with a number of traps that we fall into when we write, with the most insidious one being the use of tired phrases and metaphors that we fall back on by default without taking the time to think about what we are really trying to express, which results in the words being formed before thought.

The Cult of Progress Episode 8 | 53m 34s | Video has closed captioning. Prop 13, the campaign to slash property taxes, launched a tax revolt that continues today. Title: There’s nothing personal here, it’s just that if they can knock out or wound a major competitor, they will. Traditional Mexican dances (aka baile folklórico) are the forte of the Pacifico Dance Company, and they’ve helped train hundreds, performing in venues around the country and the world. And they don’t know where they are going.G.K.

Though the gold rush ended over a century ago, thousands of abandoned mine sites and mine sediments, which were never properly reclaimed, have continued to leech mercury into California's environment and will continue to do so for the next 10,000 years. The Cult of Progress Examine the rise and fall of "progress" as an ideology, and see how the "civilizing" project that arose from Enlightenment ideas was fraught with contradictions that troubled European artists in different ways. Reporters discuss the CSU Long Beach outbreak and the suspect in the deputy ambush. Here are a few picnic-style options to consider. As expected, many express their anger at Apple who, in their eyes, stifled innovation, while others defend it, calling it a victory against design theft.