Social Divorce

from The Guardian The zeitgeist is changing. A strange, romantic backlash to the tech era looms by Ross Barkan ‘The 19th-century romantics feared an inhuman future – hence their rebellion. Today’s romantics, still nascent, sense something similar.’ (Painting: Wanderer...

Ken Block’s Finale

from The Drive Ken Block’s Final Gymkhana Video Is a Spectacular Showcase of What He Did Best Elecktrikhana Two: One More Playground is an epic exhibition of car control and cinematography. BY ANDREW P. COLLINS Before we tragically lost driving and racing legend Ken...

Always and Forever

from The Wall Street Journal That Scannable Spotify Tattoo Sounded Like a Good Idea at the Time It’s becoming popular to get inked with a barcode so you can flash your flesh to turn on music. But the codes can stop working as skin sags and ink fades. By Megan Graham...

America Now

from the Financial Times America’s cultural supremacy and geopolitical weakness The notion of ‘decline’ is too crude to capture what is happening to the US in the 21st century by JANAN GANESH The Premier League’s two top teams, Arsenal and Liverpool, are US-owned ©...