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+talon | 22 | US | she/her

Angry feminist, tired bisexual, obsessive book buyer, villain and gore fan. Trying to read all the books I can get my hands on.

i run another blog over here!

the blog:
+ supernatural
+ good omens
+ ya books
+ other tv shows and movies
+ other things I like

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theperksofbeingaperk:

“…last year this photograph of children looking at their smartphones by Rembrandt’s ‘The Night Watch’ in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam [went viral.] It was often accompanied by outraged, dispirited comments such as “a perfect metaphor for our age,” “the end of civilization” or “a sad picture of our society”.

It turns out that the Rijksmuseum has an app that, among other things, contains guided tours and further information about the works on display. As part of their visit to the museum, the children, who minutes earlier had admired the art and listened attentively to explanations by expert adults, had been instructed to complete an assignment by their school teachers, using, among other things, the museum’s excellent smartphone app….

The tragic thing is that this — the truth — will never go viral. So, I wonder, what is more likely to bring about the death of civilization, children using smartphones to learn about art or the willful ignorance of adults who are too quick to make assumptions?” José PicardoMedium

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