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Are We Now Living in a Parasite Culture?
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In the new consumer economy, you get consumed
on Tue, 11PM
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Where Do Music Genres Come From?
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A new section from my online book 'Music to Raise the Dead'
on Sat, 9PM
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What's Happening to Entertainment?
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An arts & culture briefing paper
on Fri, 5PM
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The Dying Singer Who Cured Himself with Music
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The strange case of Leo Kofler
on Sep 15
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10 Reasons Why Technological Progress Is Now Reversing
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Or How Silicon Valley Started Breaking Bad
on Sep 13
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Is this the first stirring of a backlash against sanitized, algorithmic digital culture?
on Sep 10
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The State of the Culture, 2024
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Or a glimpse into post-entertainment society (it's not pretty)
on Sep 9
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Eleven Predictions: Here's What AI Does Next
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Are you ready? Is anybody ready?
on Sep 8
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Google Thinks Beethoven Looks Like Mr. Bean
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Instead of real portraits, Google serves up AI-generated garbage
on Aug 31
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My Alternative Tech Canon: 26 Mind-Expanding Books
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These works offer a holistic, humanistic critique of technology—and healing alternatives to a device-driven life
on Aug 29
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How Nigeria literally went to war against one musician—and lost
on Aug 27
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52 Reasons to Fear that Technological Progress Is Reversing
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Now is a time for brutal realism and here's what it tells us
on Aug 27
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The Hottest Trend in Romance Is "Just Talking"
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Here's my latest culture briefing
on Aug 24
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Doctors Raise a Patient from a Deathlike State with Electronic Music
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Is ultrasound the healing song of the 21st century?
on Aug 23
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The Blue Collar Jobs of Philip Glass
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I praise his work as a composer—but also as plumber, taxi driver, steel mill worker, and in other trades
on Aug 14
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Nine Observations on the Avant-Garde
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Has it disappeared? Does anybody care? Should they?
on Aug 7
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Expect Heavy Turbulence for the Next 5 Months
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My latest update on arts, culture, and the media
on Aug 6
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How to Know If You're Living in a Doom Loop
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Let's look at the warning signs
on Aug 3
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The Honest Broker | Ted Gioia | Substack
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A trustworthy guide to music, books, arts, media & culture by Ted Gioia. Click to read The Honest Broker, by Ted Gioia, a Substack publication with hundreds of thousands of subscribers.
on Aug 3
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A 2000-Year-Old Argument Over the Flute Is the Most Important Thing in Our Culture Right Now
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This bitter debate from ancient times helps us understand today's crisis in music and other creative fields
on Jul 28
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When the Olympics Gave Medals to Artists
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They did it for 40 years—so why did they stop?
on Jul 25
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The Slow, Painful Death of the SoCal Entertainment Ecosystem
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And other trends in arts, culture & society
on Jul 24
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"I Told Three Big Lies That Changed My Life"
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A story from the comments section
on Jul 16
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The Best Books of the 21st Century
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The Honest Broker assesses the NY Times list
on Jul 13
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A 12-Month Immersive Course in Humanities
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Can you really learn this stuff by just reading 250 pages per week for a year? Let's try and find out.
on Jul 12
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I share some private details of how I educated myself through books
on Jul 9
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The Culture is Changing at Warp Speed
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Here's my latest briefing paper on arts, media, tech, and society
on Jul 9
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He Might Have Been the First Jazz Star...
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But Ford Dabney kept making wrong bets at the wrong time
on Jul 6
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How Did Silicon Valley Turn into a Creepy Cult?
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Tech leaders once gave us coolness, but now it's just Kool-Aid
on Jul 4
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How the Music Business Can Tame the Dangerous AI Dragon
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Here's a five point plan that makes a difference (and not just for music)
on Jun 26
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The Banishment of Beauty from Everyday Life
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What happens when a slapdash and uncaring aesthetic permeates everything?
on Jun 25
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The Strangest Hit Songwriter in History
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He wrote one of my favorite songs, but was so much more than a composer
on Jun 25
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Ten New Albums I'm Enjoying Right Now
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All styles, all genres, all geographies
on Jun 23
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Is Silicon Valley Building Universe 25?
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How a creepy experiment from 1968 is eerily relevant today
on Jun 11
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The 6 Laws of Dying Hollywood Franchises
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Here's how you kill an entire genre
on Jun 5
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Let's Just Admit it: The Algorithms Are Broken
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So I'm begging the tech overlords to let us opt out from their dystopia
on May 25
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You get smarter by studying foolishness—so here's how I'd teach a 12-week course on stupidity
on May 22
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I Do My First Video Interview in More Than a Year
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Here's my guest appearance on Rick Beato's video channel
on May 20
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Why Creatives Will Win by Thinking Small
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In 2024, the path to success has been turned upside down
on May 14
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30% of Children Ages 5-7 Are on TikTok
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And why did youth mental health problems accelerate after 2010?
on May 3
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Western Music Isn't What You Think
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Or how my views on culture proved to be all wet
on Apr 30
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30% of Children Ages 5-7 Are on TikTok
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And why did youth mental health problems accelerate after 2010?
on Apr 28
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The Rise of the Anonymous Music Star
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Do streaming platforms view famous artists as a threat to their brands?
on Apr 15