Ned Hardy
The Intriguing World Of Entertainment
There are two kinds of people in the world: those who consider Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey the apex of cinematic genius, and those who think it’s an unbearably slow collection of random images that could’ve been wrapped up in about 35 minutes. And the weird part? Both groups are right.
First of all, you’re not alone. Falling asleep during Citizen Kane is practically a rite of passage for people who claim to “love film” but only got into it after Tarantino started name-dropping obscure spaghetti westerns. It’s the movie you’re supposed to appreciate, not necessarily enjoy. Which raises the obvious question: if it’s so great, why does it feel like homework?
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In the computer lab of every 90s elementary school, there was one piece of software that transcended time, transcended geography, and probably taught us more about life than any other piece of clunky early ‘edutainment’ software: The Oregon Trail.
You’d click through that gray-blue screen, choose your character’s occupation (banker, carpenter, or farmer—everyone knew being a banker was cheating), and suddenly, you were no longer a kid in some fluorescent-lit classroom.
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This document is a bill of sale from Charleston, South Carolina, dated 1833—a grim artifact from an era when human beings were treated as property, listed alongside livestock and equipment.
It’s not just a piece of paper; it’s a testament to a system that commodified people, reducing their lives, skills, and families to cold, transactional language.
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