# The District

Profits are good. Greed is not.

Programs like ChatGPT ... according to Noam Chomsky and others, are actually distracting us from the true goal of creating a technology that thinks.

But here’s a trigger warning—nepotism is even more pervasive than you think. Nepotism is everywhere.

Arts and Minds provides an opportunity for genuine connection, unapologetic self-expression, and reflection.

Did you catch that? “Mediocrity is … unacceptable.” And if this were the case, or the perception in 1873, how much more does this apply today?

"Peace is not going to rain on us. Peace is something we have to make. We have to build it. It's going to take sacrifice."

"I think this is an opportunity for people with disabilities and allies to demand better."

It's often hard to know who the "good guy" and the "bad guy" is, especially when both sides of a conflict are truly convinced of their own righteousness.

… depiction is not an endorsement, and flattening all media into "good" and "bad" and basing media consumption on morality would make an incredibly dull and even more ignorant world than we live in.

Enter: NFTs, the harbinger of the apocalypse, and purveyor of our late-stage capitalist modern hell.

"But, alas, what's the point of saying what we already know? This is your grievance, so what, dear sir, is your solution?" Call them out …

Art conveys truth in ways that propaganda and misinformation of war cannot readily combat. And art is a means to a better future.

What happened? Where did all the good movies go? And most crucially, why have our viewing habits changed so much?

Damaged people are always going to twist any message to confirm whatever they already believe. But we have to recognize that those are twisted narratives.

What effect did all of this end up having on Hollywood? A culture of abusive bosses, low pay, and hazardous working conditions that has continued for decades.