‘culture’ directory
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- “What Makes Art Great? Some Notes toward an Answer”, Qureshi 2026
- “On the Compulsion to Make Art”, Karlsson 2026
- “A Call for New Aesthetics: Funding Artists, Architects, and Designers Who Are Consciously Working to Define New Aesthetics”, Cowen & Collison 2025
- “Human Art in a Post-AI World Should Be Strange”, Mahajan 2025
- “The Missing 9: Why Some Movies Have a Hole in Their IMDb Ratings”, Gros 2025
- “What Really Happened With the CIA and The Paris Review?: A Conversation With Lance Richardson by Dan Piepenbring”, Richardson & Piepenbring 2025
- “The Colors Of Her Coat [On Giblification & Semantic Apocalypses]”, Alexander 2025
- “The Limits of Platforms: Why Disintermediation Has Failed in the Art Market”, Ricucci & Blank 2025
- “Artificial Intelligence and Art: Identifying the Esthetic Judgment Factors That Distinguish Human & Machine-Generated Artwork”, Samo & Highhouse 2023
- “Defending Humankind: Anthropocentric Bias in the Appreciation of AI Art”, Millet et al 2023
- “Content Warnings Reduce Esthetic Appreciation of Visual Art”, Jones et al 2022
- “Rod McKuen Was the Bestselling Poet in American History. What Happened? He Sold 60 Million Books and 100 Million Records. Why Was He Forgotten?”, Kois 2022
- “AI Composer Bias: Listeners like Music Less When They Think It Was Composed by an AI”, Shank et al 2022
- “Who Made the Paintings: Artists or Artificial Intelligence? The Effects of Identity on Liking and Purchase Intention”, Gu & Li 2022
- “Forgotten Books: The Application of Unseen Species Models to the Survival of Culture”, Kestemont et al 2022
- “Rent Seeking and the Decline of the Florentine School”, Piano & Hardy 2022
- “Networks, Creativity, and Time: Staying Creative through Brokerage and Network Rejuvenation”, Soda et al 2021
- “Effective Population Size for Culturally Evolving Traits”, Deffner et al 2021
- “Imitation-Driven Cultural Collapse”, Duran-Nebreda & Valverde 2021
- “The Psychological Reach of Culture in Animals’ Lives”, Whiten 2021b
- “Experiences of Ugliness in Nature and Urban Environments”, Felisberti 2021
- “Emotionally Numb: Expertise Dulls Consumer Experience”, Rocklage et al 2021
- “Folklore”, Michalopoulos & Xue 2021
- “Why We Fight Over Fiction”, Hanson 2020
- “From Aristocratic to Ordinary: Shifting Modes of Elite Distinction”, Friedman & Reeves 2020
- “Liberalizing Art. Evidence on the Impressionists at the End of the Paris Salon”, Etro et al 2020
- “The Universal Decay of Collective Memory and Attention”, Candia et al 2019
- “The Cult of the Imperfect”, Eco 2019
- “The Similarity Network of Motion Pictures”, Wei 2019
- “Are Collectivistic Cultures More Prone to Rapid Transformation? Computational Models of Cross-Cultural Differences, Social Network Structure, Dynamic Social Influence, and Cultural Change”, Muthukrishna & Schaller 2019
- “Book Review: The Secret Of Our Success, Joseph Henrich”, Alexander 2019
- “The Machine As Author”, Gervais 2019
- “Cultural Evolution in Animals”, Whiten 2019
- “LEGO Porn: Phallic Pleasure and Knowledge”, Brownlee 2019
- “Enjoy It Again: Repeat Experiences Are Less Repetitive Than People Think”, O’Brien 2019
- “Naming the Nameless [Esthetics Blindness]”, Constantin 2019
- “Loyal to the Group of 17’s Story—The Just Man”, Wolfe 2018
- “TV or Not TV? The Impact of Subtitling on English Skills”, Micola et al 2018
- “Death, Bereavement, and Creativity”, Graddy & Lieberman 2017
- “What Makes Popular Culture Popular? Product Features and Optimal Differentiation in Music”, Askin & Mauskapf 2017
- “Does Reading a Single Passage of Literary Fiction Really Improve Theory of Mind? An Attempt at Replication”, Panero et al 2016
- “Chain Letter Evolution § Origins of Testimonials”, VanArsdale 2016
- “Why Read New Books?”, Parks 2014
- “A New Pufferfish of the Genus Torquigener That Builds ‘Mystery Circles’ on Sandy Bottoms in the Ryukyu Islands, Japan (Actinopterygii: Tetraodontiformes: Tetraodontidae)”, Matsuura 2014
- “The Paradox of Publicity: How Awards Can Negatively Affect the Evaluation of Quality”, Kovács & Sharkey 2014
- “Mere Exposure to Bad Art”, Meskin et al 2013
- “Title: Reading Fiction Improves Theory of Mind and Reduces Intergroup Bias”
- “Okay, Kids, Play on My Lawn”, Ebert 2012
- “Response-Dependence About Esthetic Value”, Watkins & Shelley 2012
- “International Art English”, Rule & Levine 2012
- “Nor the Summers As Golden: Writing Multivolume Works”, Wolfe 2012
- “The Skinny on Celebrities: Parasocial Relationships Moderate the Effects of Thin Media Figures on Women’s Body Image”, Young et al 2012
- “The Temporal and Focal Dynamics of Volitional Reconsumption: A Phenomenological Investigation of Repeated Hedonic Experiences”
- “Batman to the Rescue! The Protective Effects of Parasocial Relationships With Muscular Superheroes on Men’s Body Image”, Young et al 2012b
- “Changing Beliefs and Behavior Through Experience-Taking”, Kaufman & Libby 2012
- “The Sword of Achilles”, Asimov 2011
- “A Neural Predictor of Cultural Popularity”, Berns & Moore 2011
- “Signaling Status With Luxury Goods: The Role of Brand Prominence”, Han et al 2010
- “Avoid News: Towards a Healthy News Diet”, Dobelli 2010
- “Highbrow Films Gather Dust: Time-Inconsistent Preferences and Online DVD Rentals”, Milkman et al 2009
- “Social Surrogacy: How Favored Television Programs Provide the Experience of Belonging”, Derrick et al 2009
- “Where Have The Great Big Wagner Voices Gone?”, Moravcsik 2009
- “Hierarchy in the Library: Egalitarian Dynamics in Victorian Novels”, Johnson et al 2008
- “Love Makes You Real: Favorite Television Characters Are Perceived As ‘Real’ in a Social Facilitation Paradigm”, Gardner & Knowles 2008
- “Fictional Narratives Cultivate Just-World Beliefs”
- “Does Narrative Information Bias Individual’s Decision Making? A Systematic Review”
- “Leading the Herd Astray: An Experimental Study of Self-Fulfilling Prophecies in an Artificial Cultural Market”, Salganik & Watts 2008
- “The Complex Dynamics of Collaborative Tagging”, Halpin et al 2007
- “Jcom_17 235..252”
- “Chain Letter Evolution”, VanArsdale 2006
- “Graphs, Maps, Trees: Abstract Models for a Literary History § Chapter 3: Trees”, Moretti 2005
- “Parasocial Break-Up from Favorite Television Characters: The Role of Attachment Styles and Relationship Intensity”, Cohen 2004
- “Endogenous Explanation in the Sociology of Culture”, Kaufman 2004
- “Gustave Caillebotte, French Impressionism, and Mere Exposure”, Cutting 2003
- “‘And the Rest Writes Itself’: Roland Barthes Watches The Simpsons”, Arnold 2001
- “An Economic Theory of Avant-Garde and Popular Art, or High and Low Culture”, Cowen & Tabarrok 2000
- “Low-Complexity Art”, Schmidhuber 1997
- “Value-Affirmative and Value-Protective Processing of Alcohol Education Messages That Include Statistical Evidence or Anecdotes”
- “Bullcrit: The Reading Disorder of the Literary Fast Lane”, Rosen 1989
- “Novelty and Human Esthetic Preferences”, Sluckin et al 1983
- “Aesthetic Surface and Mythic Depth”, Wheelwright 1957
- “Why Don’t You Run Upstairs And Write A Nice Gershwin Tune?”, Bernstein 1955
- “Children’s Reactions to Movie Horrors and Radio Crime”, Preston 1941
- Ars Poetica, MacLeish 1926
- “Human or Machine: A Subjective Comparison of Piet Mondrian’s ‘Composition With Lines’ (1917) and a Computer-Generated Picture”, Noll 1917
- “The AI Art Apocalypse”
- “Gen Z Lives in the Archive”
- “Even Perfect Decoder-Only BCIs Will Have Less Signal and Precision Than Motor Channels (HANDS)”, Strasser 2026
- “Anecdotes of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors and Architects, and Curiosities of Art (1853)”
- “The Universal Structure of Storytelling”
- “Against YA: Adults Should Be Embarrassed to Read Children’s Books”
- “The Curious Case of Retro Demo Scene Graphics”
- “Why Fiction Lies”
- “Cheap Ornament and Status Games”
- “Connoisseur”, Munroe 2026
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- Wikipedia (4)
- Miscellaneous
- Bibliography
See Also
Gwern
“Can DALL·E Create New Styles?”, Gwern 2022
“Open Questions”, Gwern 2018
Links
“What Makes Art Great? Some Notes toward an Answer”, Qureshi 2026
“On the Compulsion to Make Art”, Karlsson 2026
“A Call for New Aesthetics: Funding Artists, Architects, and Designers Who Are Consciously Working to Define New Aesthetics”, Cowen & Collison 2025
“Human Art in a Post-AI World Should Be Strange”, Mahajan 2025
“The Missing 9: Why Some Movies Have a Hole in Their IMDb Ratings”, Gros 2025
The Missing 9: Why Some Movies Have a Hole in Their IMDb Ratings
“What Really Happened With the CIA and The Paris Review?: A Conversation With Lance Richardson by Dan Piepenbring”, Richardson & Piepenbring 2025
“The Colors Of Her Coat [On Giblification & Semantic Apocalypses]”, Alexander 2025
The Colors Of Her Coat [on Giblification & semantic apocalypses]
“The Limits of Platforms: Why Disintermediation Has Failed in the Art Market”, Ricucci & Blank 2025
The limits of platforms: Why disintermediation has failed in the art market
“Artificial Intelligence and Art: Identifying the Esthetic Judgment Factors That Distinguish Human & Machine-Generated Artwork”, Samo & Highhouse 2023
“Defending Humankind: Anthropocentric Bias in the Appreciation of AI Art”, Millet et al 2023
Defending humankind: Anthropocentric bias in the appreciation of AI art
“Content Warnings Reduce Esthetic Appreciation of Visual Art”, Jones et al 2022
“Rod McKuen Was the Bestselling Poet in American History. What Happened? He Sold 60 Million Books and 100 Million Records. Why Was He Forgotten?”, Kois 2022
“AI Composer Bias: Listeners like Music Less When They Think It Was Composed by an AI”, Shank et al 2022
AI composer bias: Listeners like music less when they think it was composed by an AI
“Who Made the Paintings: Artists or Artificial Intelligence? The Effects of Identity on Liking and Purchase Intention”, Gu & Li 2022
“Forgotten Books: The Application of Unseen Species Models to the Survival of Culture”, Kestemont et al 2022
Forgotten books: The application of unseen species models to the survival of culture
“Rent Seeking and the Decline of the Florentine School”, Piano & Hardy 2022
“Networks, Creativity, and Time: Staying Creative through Brokerage and Network Rejuvenation”, Soda et al 2021
Networks, Creativity, and Time: Staying Creative through Brokerage and Network Rejuvenation
“Effective Population Size for Culturally Evolving Traits”, Deffner et al 2021
“Imitation-Driven Cultural Collapse”, Duran-Nebreda & Valverde 2021
“The Psychological Reach of Culture in Animals’ Lives”, Whiten 2021b
“Experiences of Ugliness in Nature and Urban Environments”, Felisberti 2021
“Emotionally Numb: Expertise Dulls Consumer Experience”, Rocklage et al 2021
“Folklore”, Michalopoulos & Xue 2021
“Why We Fight Over Fiction”, Hanson 2020
“From Aristocratic to Ordinary: Shifting Modes of Elite Distinction”, Friedman & Reeves 2020
From Aristocratic to Ordinary: Shifting Modes of Elite Distinction
“Liberalizing Art. Evidence on the Impressionists at the End of the Paris Salon”, Etro et al 2020
Liberalizing art. Evidence on the Impressionists at the end of the Paris Salon
“The Universal Decay of Collective Memory and Attention”, Candia et al 2019
“The Cult of the Imperfect”, Eco 2019
“The Similarity Network of Motion Pictures”, Wei 2019
“Are Collectivistic Cultures More Prone to Rapid Transformation? Computational Models of Cross-Cultural Differences, Social Network Structure, Dynamic Social Influence, and Cultural Change”, Muthukrishna & Schaller 2019
“Book Review: The Secret Of Our Success, Joseph Henrich”, Alexander 2019
“The Machine As Author”, Gervais 2019
“Cultural Evolution in Animals”, Whiten 2019
“LEGO Porn: Phallic Pleasure and Knowledge”, Brownlee 2019
“Enjoy It Again: Repeat Experiences Are Less Repetitive Than People Think”, O’Brien 2019
Enjoy it again: Repeat experiences are less repetitive than people think
“Naming the Nameless [Esthetics Blindness]”, Constantin 2019
“Loyal to the Group of 17’s Story—The Just Man”, Wolfe 2018
“TV or Not TV? The Impact of Subtitling on English Skills”, Micola et al 2018
“Death, Bereavement, and Creativity”, Graddy & Lieberman 2017
“What Makes Popular Culture Popular? Product Features and Optimal Differentiation in Music”, Askin & Mauskapf 2017
What Makes Popular Culture Popular? Product Features and Optimal Differentiation in Music
“Does Reading a Single Passage of Literary Fiction Really Improve Theory of Mind? An Attempt at Replication”, Panero et al 2016
“Chain Letter Evolution § Origins of Testimonials”, VanArsdale 2016
“Why Read New Books?”, Parks 2014
“A New Pufferfish of the Genus Torquigener That Builds ‘Mystery Circles’ on Sandy Bottoms in the Ryukyu Islands, Japan (Actinopterygii: Tetraodontiformes: Tetraodontidae)”, Matsuura 2014
“The Paradox of Publicity: How Awards Can Negatively Affect the Evaluation of Quality”, Kovács & Sharkey 2014
The Paradox of Publicity: How Awards Can Negatively Affect the Evaluation of Quality
“Mere Exposure to Bad Art”, Meskin et al 2013
“Title: Reading Fiction Improves Theory of Mind and Reduces Intergroup Bias”
Title: Reading Fiction Improves Theory of Mind and Reduces Intergroup Bias
“Okay, Kids, Play on My Lawn”, Ebert 2012
“Response-Dependence About Esthetic Value”, Watkins & Shelley 2012
“International Art English”, Rule & Levine 2012
“Nor the Summers As Golden: Writing Multivolume Works”, Wolfe 2012
“The Skinny on Celebrities: Parasocial Relationships Moderate the Effects of Thin Media Figures on Women’s Body Image”, Young et al 2012
“The Temporal and Focal Dynamics of Volitional Reconsumption: A Phenomenological Investigation of Repeated Hedonic Experiences”
“Batman to the Rescue! The Protective Effects of Parasocial Relationships With Muscular Superheroes on Men’s Body Image”, Young et al 2012b
“Changing Beliefs and Behavior Through Experience-Taking”, Kaufman & Libby 2012
“The Sword of Achilles”, Asimov 2011
“A Neural Predictor of Cultural Popularity”, Berns & Moore 2011
“Signaling Status With Luxury Goods: The Role of Brand Prominence”, Han et al 2010
Signaling Status with Luxury Goods: The Role of Brand Prominence
“Avoid News: Towards a Healthy News Diet”, Dobelli 2010
“Highbrow Films Gather Dust: Time-Inconsistent Preferences and Online DVD Rentals”, Milkman et al 2009
Highbrow Films Gather Dust: Time-Inconsistent Preferences and Online DVD Rentals
“Social Surrogacy: How Favored Television Programs Provide the Experience of Belonging”, Derrick et al 2009
Social surrogacy: How favored television programs provide the experience of belonging
“Where Have The Great Big Wagner Voices Gone?”, Moravcsik 2009
“Hierarchy in the Library: Egalitarian Dynamics in Victorian Novels”, Johnson et al 2008
Hierarchy in the library: Egalitarian dynamics in Victorian novels
“Love Makes You Real: Favorite Television Characters Are Perceived As ‘Real’ in a Social Facilitation Paradigm”, Gardner & Knowles 2008
“Fictional Narratives Cultivate Just-World Beliefs”
“Does Narrative Information Bias Individual’s Decision Making? A Systematic Review”
Does narrative information bias individual’s decision making? A systematic review
“Leading the Herd Astray: An Experimental Study of Self-Fulfilling Prophecies in an Artificial Cultural Market”, Salganik & Watts 2008
“The Complex Dynamics of Collaborative Tagging”, Halpin et al 2007
“Jcom_17 235..252”
“Chain Letter Evolution”, VanArsdale 2006
“Graphs, Maps, Trees: Abstract Models for a Literary History § Chapter 3: Trees”, Moretti 2005
Graphs, Maps, Trees: Abstract Models for a Literary History § Chapter 3: Trees
“Parasocial Break-Up from Favorite Television Characters: The Role of Attachment Styles and Relationship Intensity”, Cohen 2004
“Endogenous Explanation in the Sociology of Culture”, Kaufman 2004
“Gustave Caillebotte, French Impressionism, and Mere Exposure”, Cutting 2003
Gustave Caillebotte, French Impressionism, and mere exposure
“‘And the Rest Writes Itself’: Roland Barthes Watches The Simpsons”, Arnold 2001
‘And the Rest Writes Itself’: Roland Barthes Watches The Simpsons
“An Economic Theory of Avant-Garde and Popular Art, or High and Low Culture”, Cowen & Tabarrok 2000
An Economic Theory of Avant-Garde and Popular Art, or High and Low Culture
“Low-Complexity Art”, Schmidhuber 1997
“Value-Affirmative and Value-Protective Processing of Alcohol Education Messages That Include Statistical Evidence or Anecdotes”
“Bullcrit: The Reading Disorder of the Literary Fast Lane”, Rosen 1989
“Novelty and Human Esthetic Preferences”, Sluckin et al 1983
“Aesthetic Surface and Mythic Depth”, Wheelwright 1957
“Why Don’t You Run Upstairs And Write A Nice Gershwin Tune?”, Bernstein 1955
“Children’s Reactions to Movie Horrors and Radio Crime”, Preston 1941
Ars Poetica, MacLeish 1926
“Human or Machine: A Subjective Comparison of Piet Mondrian’s ‘Composition With Lines’ (1917) and a Computer-Generated Picture”, Noll 1917
“The AI Art Apocalypse”
“Gen Z Lives in the Archive”
“Even Perfect Decoder-Only BCIs Will Have Less Signal and Precision Than Motor Channels (HANDS)”, Strasser 2026
Even Perfect Decoder-only BCIs will have less signal and precision than motor channels (HANDS)
“Anecdotes of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors and Architects, and Curiosities of Art (1853)”
Anecdotes of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors and Architects, and Curiosities of Art (1853)
“The Universal Structure of Storytelling”
“Against YA: Adults Should Be Embarrassed to Read Children’s Books”
Against YA: Adults should be embarrassed to read children’s books
“The Curious Case of Retro Demo Scene Graphics”
“Why Fiction Lies”
“Cheap Ornament and Status Games”
“Connoisseur”, Munroe 2026
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