Bounty of Bookmarks

The Culture Compendium

We are born as remixes of our parents. We all learn through copying at first. It is via copies that our life's work is preserved, because no original can last forever.

Highlights

Wikis:

Books:

Blogs and magazines:

America

Project 562: A modern version of Edward Curtis's photography project, except done by a Native American for a change.

We Aren't the World (25 February 2013) Joe Henrich and his colleagues are shaking the foundations of psychology and economics—and hoping to change the way social scientists think about human behavior and culture.

Appalachia:

Gender and sexuality

Religion

People are less tolerant of atheists expressing their beliefs at work compared to Christians, Muslims, or Jews (2 August 2021) I used to say Christians would rather tolerate a Satanist than an Atheist, because the Satanist at least believes in something.

Media

Why is this interesting? - The Archivist Edition (8 December 2020): On the power of archives, Herman Miller, and process

A couple of old critiques:

And some really old humor:

Books

Hope Notes: Rewriting the Future (2023): an in-depth discussion of the burgeoning hopepunk genre, with numerous references, such as The Sweetweird Manifesto (4 June 2022) A spectre is haunting pop culture — an adorable and friendly, but slightly messed-up creature that beckons us into a world of kindness and surrealism.

On a different note, Cocktails at six, murder at seven (8 October 2021) Thoughtful advice for writing mystery books from Christopher Huang.

Christopher Huang is concerned with more than just whodunit (16 August 2018) Christopher Huang's debut novel, A Gentleman's Murder, is set in post-First World War England, but incorporates themes — race, the psychic toll of war — seldom acknowledged in classic mysteries of that era.

And from years ago, some humor, but not only:

Comics

Plus a few really old:

Movies

Three obituaries in a row:

And on a different note:

And a really old one: The Day the Movies Died (10 February 2011).

Theater

Fandom

Fandoms can be bad:

But also creative:

Even awesome:

In fact people discovering the furry fandom is always fun:

Language

Tradition


Attitudes

And an old one:

Curiosities

Education

School

Psychology

Business and politics