“Even after the word disruption lost its meaning from overuse, it still suffused our understanding of why the ground beneath our feet felt so shaky.” An alternative history of Silicon Valley disruption. [BV]

US political campaigns seem to be moving away from the traditional red, white, and blue color palette. (via James I. Bowie) [BV]



Brutally Honest is a new book out from Emily Ruth Cohen with advice, insights, and best practice business strategies. [BV]

The Guardian’s view on taming technology: it’s out of control. [BV]



How Design Observer contributor Steve Heller spends his weekends. [BV]

The crisis of intimacy in the age of digital connectivity or the spread of narcissism and the disappearance of empathy. [BV]



Gallery: stunning photos of ordinary life in Ukraine‘s conflict zone. [BV]



Can the Instagram novel really get more people to read books? (Should it?) [BV]

How do you turn fear into creative fuel? Good Company Magazine is answering that question during a live podcast next Thursday at the New School. [BV]



Why is a receipt for cough drops the height of a small child? The long, long history of long, long CVS receipts. [LS]

A new info graphic tool allows users to explore the outlook for upward mobility in their home county (and others’). [LS]



A brief memoir of growing up in the library. [BV]

A geyser erupted in Yellowstone and 80 years of human trash poured out. (via Kottke) [BV]



“AI tech is now good enough to trick us, and the only way we’ll know we’re talking to a bot is because the bot’s creators told it to announce itself.” [BV]



In 2018, art, media, and culture are being evaluated for moral correctness more than for quality. The Morality Wars. [BV]

The artist Malevich takes a walk in Vitebsk... [BV]



A wonderful new show from WTTW looks into the history of art and design in Chicago. [BV]

Opening tonight: The Reach and Richness of Design, at the Kamerick Art Building University of Northern Iowa featuring Jessica Helfand‘s volvelles, wood type, Ad Reinhardt‘s editorial illustration + more. [BV]



Powerful portraits of indigenous women of Siberia aging alone. In the new series Forgotten Like Last Year’s Snow from photographer Oded Wagenstein. [BV]



Is “Sans Forgetica” the font of all knowledge? Researchers develop a typeface they say can boost memory. [BV]

Before the end of the year, Apple will open a new store in the Carnegie Library in D.C. Can Apple stores be public spaces? [BV]



The life and times of a Japanese candy artist. [BV]

“Art is history.” Netflix reboots Kenneth Clark’s 1969 “Civilisation” series and explores the art of cultures around the world. [BV]



In today’s political climate, using satire to record and respond to the current state of affairs is an act of survival. Art as Witness: Political Graphics 2016 – 2018 opens Saturday. [BV]



Do we really still need Banned Books Week? (Hint: The answer is, sadly, yes.) [BV]

The existential void of the pop-up ‘experience’: “I went to as many Instagramable “museums,” “factories” and “mansions” as I could. They nearly broke me.” [BV]



With the onset of technology, we’re reguarly grappling with how to define a book. But this is nothing new, the question of what sort of object might count as a book remains very much up for debate. [BV]



Change everything you hate about meetings with one single word. [BV]

David Hockney + iPad = stained-glass window in Westminster Abbey. “The Queen’s Window”, celebrates Elizabeth II’s reign. [BV]



A marvelous sound machine inspired by a Soviet deep drilling project. (via Blake Eskin) [BV]