“The Grand Room.” All images © Bryan Sansivero, excerpted from ‘America the Abandoned,’ courtesy of Artisan Books
In many parts of rural America, the population keeps shrinking. Low birth rates, aging residents, and evolving or shuttering industries pair with a trend of younger people migrating to metro areas for jobs and more diverse cultural amenities. As of 2022, the U.S. Census bureau estimates there are more than 15 million abandoned houses around the country, which have been left for myriad reasons ranging from foreclosures to structural issues to the death of inhabitants with no one else able or willing to shoulder the responsibility of a home and its furnishings.
Photographer Bryan Sansivero feels a strong pull to document and explore forgotten dwellings. His new book forthcoming from Artisan, America the Abandoned, explores deserted homes around the country in 200 striking images. From interiors strewn with garments, toys, knick-knacks, and decor to empty farmhouses gradually sagging into the prairie, he captures a spectral phenomenon ripe for storytelling.
“The House at the End of the Street”
Sansivero’s practice also revolves around portraiture, which lends itself to his approach of capturing these once-occupied houses. Although devoid of people, their enigmatic stories and vernacular personalities resonate through aged clapboard walls, overgrown shrubs, and forsaken belongings. […]
“Covered in Vines”
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Hieroglyphs appear beautiful but baffling. However, these ancient Egyptian signs are not as complicated as they seem. Once you realise that they can simply spell out words just like our alphabet does, hieroglyphs become much easier to understand. Let me show you how.
Many thanks to Ilona Regulski of the Egyptian Museum at Berlin’s marvellous Neues Museum.
PLAY WITH THESE:
𓄿 = a 𓇋 = i 𓂝 = a 𓅱 = u 𓃀 = b 𓊪 = p
𓆑 = f 𓈖 = n 𓉔 = h 𓎛 = h 𓐍 = kh 𓄡 = kh
𓆓 = j 𓍿 = tj 𓂋 = r 𓅓 = m 𓏏 = t 𓊃 = s
𓋴 = sh 𓈎 = q 𓎡 = k 𓎼 = g
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Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web at CERN in the late 1980s. Fast forward a few decades and the web has over 5.5 billion users. It has revolutionised everything from how we communicate to how we shop. Modern life is unimaginable without it. But it’s not without its problems, too. He believed the more you could link information and people together, the more you could unlock new forms of human creativity. But it has also unleashed misinformation and polarisation at scale. Authoritarian states use the web to ruthlessly keep their citizens in line. And AI threatens to make it impossible to tell the difference between human and machine, fact and fiction.
It would be easy to understand if the web’s inventor felt a bit sour about what humanity has done with his work but he’s far from it. He is extraordinarily optimistic about the future and the future of the web. As one of the most influential technological thinkers of our time, he has a lot to say on what’s gone wrong and how to fix it.
00:00 – Intro
00:58 – Inventing the web
05:38 – The things I got right about the web
06:50 – Domain name disaster
08:13 – What’s wrong with the web
11:11 – How to improve the addictiveness of the web
12:50 – AI, superintelligence and the web
17:00 – Protecting your data & AI that works for you
21:17 – The intention economy
23:35 – Staying optimistic and building a better world
24:16 – The future of the web
25:13 – Yes, I accept cookies
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The only barrier to learning a language is memory. – The process of language learning is the process of forming memories. Nothing more, nothing less. If you understand that, and you understand how memories are formed, then you can make progress in a way you’ve never dreamed possible before. Gabriel Wyner is an author, opera singer and polyglot based in Chicago. After reaching fluency in German in 14 weeks with the help of the immersive Middlebury Language Schools, he fell in love with the process of language learning, going on to spend two months in intensive Italian courses in Perugia, Italy. Searching for ways to bring the immersion experience into the home, he began to develop a system that rapidly builds fluency in short, daily sessions. In 2010, his efforts paid off. He learned French to fluency in 5 months, and then Russian in 10 months.
Born in Los Angeles, he graduated summa cum laude in 2007 from the University of Southern California with dual degrees in Mechanical Engineering and Vocal Arts Performance, and was awarded the Renaissance Scholar’s prize for excellence in unrelated disciplines. He then moved to Vienna to pursue triple Master’s degrees at the Konservatorium Wien in Opera, Lieder and Voice, and graduated with honors in 2011.
Currently learning Japanese, he’s learned Hungarian and Spanish over the last few years. His book on language learning – Fluent Forever: How to learn any language fast and never forget it – was published on August 5, 2014 (Harmony/Random House). His most recent project has been the development of a new language learning tool, which became the most successful Kickstarter for an app in history in September of 2017. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx
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Science and modelling shows our civilisation is in existential collapse, but what if this terrifying reality is the prod that humanity needs to live fully and in attainment again? In this provocative talk, international best-selling author and journalist Sarah Wilson explores the upside of losing what we’ve been taking for granted. Sarah Wilson is a multi-New York Times and Amazon best-selling author, podcaster, social philosopher and renegade.
She is the host of the podcast Wild with Sarah Wilson and writes the popular Substack newsletter This is Precious, which has an engaged community of 57,000 subscribers.
Sarah is known globally for founding the I Quit Sugar movement – a digital wellness program and 13 award-winning books that sell in 52 countries – which saw millions around the world transform their health. In 2022 Sarah sold the business and donated 100 per cent of the proceeds to charity.
Her New York Times bestseller First, We Make the Beast Beautiful is described by Mark Manson as “the best book on living with anxiety that I’ve ever read” and was featured as a book of the year on NBC’s Today Show. Her book This One Wild & Precious Life won the 2021 US Gold Nautilus Award.
Sarah is an advisor to corporations and universities on media, mental health and existential risk. She’s guest lectured for the University of Cambridge’s Sustainability and Leadership masters course and partnered with organisations such as the Climate Council, Harvard University and Intelligence Squared on campaigns. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx
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