Posts tagged "history"

Nov 25, 2025 from The Public Domain Review

Art in Art: Cabinets of Curiosity and the Rise of the Gallery Painting

In the 17th century, emanating from Antwerp, a new genre of artwork came on the scene: paintings of paintings, works populated by a lush array of meta-images. From its origins in picturing private ...

Nov 21, 2025 from Palladium

Cathedrals and the Silicon Soul

Once a sanctuary for art and invention, Silicon Valley has become co-opted by bureaucracy and disbelief. Its renewal depends on restoring faith in creation itself. The post Cathedrals and the Silic...

Nov 20, 2025 from The Public Domain Review

Too Computerised? Too Cold?: 1999 A.D. (1967)

A past vision of the future. Domestic utopia? Or sanitised hell?

Nov 17, 2025 from Palladium

PALLADIUM 19: Long History

Our fall 2025 print edition is now available to all Palladium members. Subscribe today to receive your copy. The post PALLADIUM 19: Long History appeared first on Palladium.

Nov 14, 2025 from Palladium

The Platonic Case Against AI Slop

Content generated by artificial intelligence reduces variety and poignant outliers. This harms viewers by training them to want and expect conformism and uniformity. The post The Platonic Case Agai...

Nov 07, 2025 from Palladium

The Medici Method

Florence’s leading medieval family turned a banking career into political power and paradigm shifts in art and science. Their methods hold lessons for philanthropy today. The post The Medici Method...

Nov 01, 2025 from Palladium

Factory Farming is a Blight

The practices of industrialized animal farming are aesthetically and morally revolting. These practices can be phased out. The post Factory Farming is a Blight appeared first on Palladium.

Oct 24, 2025 from Palladium

Why the New Leisure Class Enjoys Activism and Philanthropy

Wealthy aristocrats once demonstrated their power and status by entering government, making war, and funding churches and artists. Though the forms have changed, they still do today. The post Why t...

Oct 17, 2025 from ℤ→ℤ

Design of a Wild Shape/Polymorph Decision Aid

In Fifth Edition (5e) Dungeons & Dragons™ (D&D), druids can transform into certain Beast forms using the Wild Shape ability. Similarly, casters of the Polymorph spell can transform allies and enemi...

Oct 17, 2025 from Palladium

The Birth and Burial of Evolutionary Science in Australia

Activists of often mostly European ancestry have appropriated prehistoric cultures and are systematically destroying fossils vital to understanding the evolutionary heritage of all humankind. The p...

Oct 10, 2025 from Palladium

Mariners at the Dawn of History

Archaeological finds hundreds of thousands of years old have shown human settlement of many of the world’s remote islands, challenging our assumptions of a primitive prehistory. The post Mariners a...

Oct 03, 2025 from Palladium

How GDP Hides Industrial Decline

A deep-dive into GDP methodology shows that it is neither objective nor an actual measure of production. Serious people should stop using it. The post How GDP Hides Industrial Decline appeared firs...

Sep 18, 2025 from ℤ→ℤ

Emergency Software: Software Development Lessons from EMISARI

On August 15th, 1971, President Nixon declared a 90-day freeze on wages, rents, and prices. The next day, the Office of Emergency Preparedness (OEP) was charged with implementing the Freeze. OEP la...

Sep 14, 2025 from The Scholar's Stage

Bullets and Ballots: The Legacy of Charlie Kirk

I WILL NOT ATTEMPT to eulogize the martyr. Others have done this already—and done so with such skill that anything I write would not measure up. I will do something else here: explain, in sober and...

Aug 29, 2025 from Palladium

Why Romania Excels in International Olympiads

Students in Romania are sharply sorted with meritocratic tests. The result is a nation punching above its weight intellectually, but not necessarily capturing the benefits. The post Why Romania Exc...

Aug 22, 2025 from Palladium

The Case for Crazy Philanthropy

Bureaucratic science is already generously funded and does not need more private support. Philanthropists should fund young outsiders, like during the Golden Age of Science. The post The Case for C...

Aug 16, 2025 from The Scholar's Stage

Did Taiwan “Lose Trump?”

OVER THE LAST WEEK Christian Whiton’s essay “How Taiwan Lost Trump” has ricocheted its way through the Taiwanese media. Ever sensitive to foreign perceptions of Taiwan, the Taiwanese chattering cla...

Aug 04, 2025 from Palladium

PALLADIUM 18: Biological Inheritance

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Jul 18, 2025 from Palladium

No Country Ever Got Rich From Tourism

Factories and offices will always generate far more wealth than hotels and restaurants. Growing tourism is a sign of economic stagnation, not dynamism. The post No Country Ever Got Rich From Touris...

Jul 11, 2025 from ℤ→ℤ

Interview with John Bridges (PCPaint, GRASP, GL Pro)

John Bridges is a software engineer that co-developed PCPaint, which in 1984 was one of the earliest digital painting programs and helped spur the use of mice within the IBM PC market. He supported...