Happy Friday,
Here are five things I thought worth sharing this week.
Erik Hoel is dispelling myths about the inarguably brilliant John von Neumann.
Sweden is rolling back the smartphone-based childhood.
At the turn of the 19th century, W.E.B. DuBois studied the history of slavery and the then-current dispersion of Black Americans throughout the U.S. His striking illustrated charts appeared at the 1900 Paris Exposition.
Is this Hieronymus Bosch painting a warning of the wages of sin or a celebration of pleasure?
A short post in Praise of the Public Domain.
Currently reading: Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard
Have a creative weekend.
Image: “A sarus crane, a flamingo, a wild bronze turkey cock, two Paduan fowl, a silver birchen game cockerel, and a hoopoe in a landscape”. Melchior d’Hondecoeter. 1675.
