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The odds of computers becoming thoughtful enough to decide they want to take over the world, hatch a nefarious plan to do so, and then execute said plan remain exquisitely small. Yes, it’s in the realm of the possible. No, it’s not in the realm of the probable. If you want to worry about existential threats, I would suggest that the old-school Biblical ones — flood, famine, pestilence, plague, war — are still the best place to set your sights.
Nick Carr
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drawingarchitecture: Nicole Marple, Capture to Catalog, Mixed Media 2014.

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[gallery] momalibrary:

Elsbeth Heddenhausen. Bucher (n.d.) in Das Deutsche Lichtbild, Jahresschau 1933 (Berlin: Robert & Bruno Schultz, 1933). -jt

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[gallery] ryersonlib:

Promotional booklet for Lincoln Automobiles, located at 39, Avenue des Champs-Élysées in Paris. Printed by Draeger Frères in Paris, 1931.

Includes price list for various models.

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theparisreview:

At MoMA PS1, Bob and Roberta Smith offer art amnesty.
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[caption id=“attachment_14519” align=“alignnone” width=“800”]rusch-1473-biblia-latina One of the first Bibles set in Roman type[/caption]

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[gallery] One of the earliest Bibles in Roman type

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[gallery] a newly discovered letter from C S Lewis

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[gallery] drawingarchitecture:

Alexander Kindlen, The Maelstrom // The Descent, analogue & digital mixed media, 2014.

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[gallery] eastmanhouse:

Vortograph
Alvin Langdon Coburn, British, b. United States 1882 - 1966
1917, printed ca. 1950
gelatin silver print
Image: 21.2 x 16.3 cm