Towards Rebellion

Innovation Bends Towards Decadence

Nicholas Carr | New Cartographies | 15th December 2024

Why is innovation less impressive now than in the first half of the 20C? Perhaps due to a shift in focus, to “smaller-scale, less visible breakthroughs”. As life gets more comfortable, our priorities and reward structures shift from “tools of survival to tools of the self”. An entrepreneur today has a greater prospect of fame and riches for creating a social-networking app rather than a faster system of mass transit (1,500 words)

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Beatrix Potter’s Quiet Rebellion

Hannah Stamler | Humanities | 9th December 2024

The children’s author had a less well-known second act as a farmer and conservationist. She painted fungi and bred prize-winning sheep. She used her wealth and influence to acquire as many buildings and lands as she could in England’s Lake District. At the end of her life, she bequeathed 4,000 acres of land to the National Trust, including “important examples of Lakeland architecture” (2,800 words)

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