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Human Acts
14 curated works.
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Film
2001: A Space Odyssey
Carries a strong pull into books through urban isolation and memory.
Film
The Passion of Joan of Arc
Carries a strong pull into books through urban isolation and South Asia.
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Music
Debut
Carries a strong pull into film through after-hours and longing.
Music
My 21st Century Blues
Carries a strong pull into film through after-hours and longing.
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Essays
Critique of Pure Reason
Carries a strong pull into books through identity and migration.
Essays
The Age of Surveillance Capitalism
Carries a strong pull into books through power and Southern Europe.
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Music · Strong bridge
Debut
1990s
Björk goes solo. Human Behaviour and Venus as a Boy. Electronic pop's most distinctive voice emerges.
Anime · Strong bridge
Your Lie in April
2010s
Kousei Arima is a child prodigy known as the "Human Metronome" for playing the piano with precision and perfection. Guided by a strict mother and rigorous training, Kousei dominates every competition he enters, earning the admiration of his musical peers and praise from audiences. When his mother suddenly passes awa...
Film · Strong bridge
Rashomon
1950s
Four conflicting accounts of a crime. The nature of truth and human self-deception.
Essays · Strong bridge
Critique of Pure Reason
1780s
The limits of human knowledge examined. The work that redirected all Western philosophy.
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Books 1980s
Blood Meridian
Scalp hunters in the borderlands. Violence as the organizing principle of human history.
Music 2020s
My 21st Century Blues
My 21st Century Blues is a 2023 album associated with Raye and Human Re Sources. It keeps the music field anchored in recognizable listening lines rather than anonymous album slots.
Film 1960s
2001: A Space Odyssey
From apes to stargate. Cinema's most ambitious vision of human evolution and cosmic mystery.
Essays 2010s
The Age of Surveillance Capitalism
How tech companies extract and monetize human experience. The fight for a human future.
Books 1940s
No Longer Human
A man's confession of his inability to connect. Japan's most famous novel of alienation.
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Music 2010s
Human Resource