Showing results for: concept

High-concept presidency: Trump's election shows how much the line between entertainment, politics has blurred
President Donald Trump simplistically — and dangerously — sees the world as one big reality show
02/11/2017 19:59 UTC
Hot cars at the Detroit auto show
01/13/2015 03:00 UTC
"Sgt. Pepper's" at 50: was it a concept album or an identity crisis?
The Beatles' psych-rock opus, receiving a lavish reissue in May, isn't what you think it is
05/13/2017 23:30 UTC
Are "love languages" real, or self-help snake oil?
The pop psychology concept has blown up in recent years. We asked psychologists if there's any truth to it
08/06/2021 20:12 UTC
The Force dyad, critiqued and explained in "Rise of Skywalker"
The new "Star Wars" movie uses a Force dyad as a pivotal plot point, but never really set the groundwork for it
12/23/2019 23:30 UTC
Drug experts are normalizing the idea that you can be "pre-addicted." Is that really a thing?
"I don't know if this is a helpful term": experts torn on a concept invented to help treat drug addiction
05/12/2023 12:00 UTC
Elon Musk says he has “verbal” government approval to construct transit system he poached from other engineers
The vague, evidence-free announcement from Musk follows a pattern of unsubstantiated hype over stolen ideas 
07/20/2017 22:14 UTC
Anti-lockdown protesters show how the idea of "freedom" has degenerated
How a reductive, anti-social conception of liberty became mainstream
05/31/2020 12:00 UTC
Marvin Gaye's "What's Going On": A listening guide
We're sheltering in place with these classic albums — solid music for uncertain times
03/28/2020 15:00 UTC
Citizenship: The great extinguisher of hope
Citizenship is an empty rhetorical shell deployed to perpetuate abuse, dispossession, and exclusion
07/04/2020 20:29 UTC
Could "smoke screens" save lives during a mass shooting?
A security company wants to use technology developed to protect bank vaults as a school safety device
01/23/2013 03:34 UTC
Paul McCartney's "Tug of War" at 40: A self-aware solace written in the wake of John Lennon's death
The "loose" concept album encapsulates the tension between opposing forces, including McCartney's musical identity
04/30/2022 15:00 UTC
"The Leftovers" reveals the limits of "concept-driven" TV
HBO's new series represents the pinnacle of--and the problem with--TV shows that revolve around a single Big Idea
06/27/2014 03:00 UTC
Bikes share space with cars at Detroit auto show
Carmakers are making room for hybrid and high tech bikes
01/17/2013 00:45 UTC
Among social scientists, a vigorous debate over loss aversion
A principle that explains decision making — from investor behavior to insurance markets — isn’t ironclad
11/28/2021 02:00 UTC