Pioneer Works
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Pioneer Works is a center for research and experimentation in contemporary culture.
Red Hook, Brooklyn
Joined July 2012
“We are a wretched species. And yet, we’re also wonderful.” Watch a special dialogue between Simon Critchley and Dr. Cornel West (@CornelWest), in celebration of Critchley’s latest book from @nybooks.
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Philosopher Simon Critchley and Dr. Cornel West (@CornelWest) on God, fire, and Flanner O’Connor. Watch their full discussion on YouTube now.
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New York is in love with stories about itself. It’s also not much occupied, in comparison with older towns across the sea, with its past.
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As the White House’s current occupant aims to rename America’s maps, Broadcast’s co-editor-in-chief Joshua Jelly Schapiro shares a bit of his last book from @penguinrandom, on the distinct power of place-names.
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“To ponder place-names today requires considering questions not merely of origins but of power.” Broadcast co-editor-in-chief Joshua Jelly-Schapiro weighs in on why naming matters, from the Gulf of Mexico to New York City’s streets.
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RT @QuantaBks: Today we’re thrilled to announce the launch of Quanta Books, a new science imprint led by @7homaslin, the founding editor of…
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From a smell-based dating service to carbon offsets and a gargantuan New York Apartment, artists Tega Brain (@tegabrain) and Sam Lavigne (@sam_lavigne) make abstract data concrete, palpable, and personal.
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“The idea that we could gather enough data to make a universal model for the human language is a persistent, reductionist dream.” Artists Tega Brain (@tegabrain) and Sam Lavigne (@sam_lavigne) plumb the biases of our Information Age.
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Can carbon offsets be art objects? Is smell the secret to love? With their signature touch of satire, artists Tega Brain (@tegabrain) and Sam Lavigne (@sam_lavigne) translate the internet’s ambiguity into physical experience.
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Who says what’s “universal”? For PW Broadcast, artists @TegaBrain and @Sam_Lavigne talk to Whitney curator @ChristianePaul2 about Siri’s biases, the banal communications that language models are based on, and much more.
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RT @JannaLevin: With advances in biology and genetics, could scientists pause, or even reverse, the process? What would the implications be…
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RT @artnews: "The future is not pretty and shiny. It has all the same problems that we have now." American Artist said in a recent intervie…
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RT @davidasinclair: Enjoyed talking @PioneerWorks_ about our recent progress using epigenetic reprogramming to treat aging & blindness h…
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Are you here for a good time or a long time? Watch two heavyweights of the anti-aging debate, Prof @davidasinclair and Prof @BrivanlouLab, in conversation with @JannaLevin for the latest installment of Scientific Controversies.
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Could there be a cure for aging and death? @JannaLevin talked to brilliant biologists @davidasinclair @BrivanlouLab to find out. Watch the latest installment Scientific Controversies now.
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The age of neural cartography has arrived. Ari Daniel (@mesoplodon) reports on the new technology mapping the brain of a fruit fly—all 139,255 neurons and the 54.5 million synapses connecting them.
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The brain of a fruit fly may be smaller than a mustard seed, but it’s a dense tangle of processing power. Ari Daniel (@mesoplodon) reports on FlyWire, the new technology that’s mapped the tiny mind in its entirety.
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RT @jamiesonwebster: Why Must I Breathe? A piece written after finishing my forthcoming book, On Breathing with @CatapultStory @PressPenins…
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Psychoanalyst and clinical psychologist Jamieson Webster (@jamiesonwebster) on what our breath—amidst environmental catastrophe and a crumbling social fabric—can reveal about our desires.
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Is my body a machine that works regardless of my will? What if I didn’t want to breathe? In a new age of anxiety and environmental catastrophe, psychoanalyst and clinical psychologist Jamieson Webster illuminates a path forward, breath by breath.
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