Evgeny Morozov: Two cheers for boredom. On November 16, 1924, Siegfried Kracauer, a luminary in the literary world of the Weimar Republic, published a feisty essay in the Frankfurter Zeitung. Trained as an architect, Kracauer was an acute observer of modernity and its impact on life in the city. He followed in the footsteps of his . . . (Subscription required.)
Oct. 21, 2013 - The New Yorker