It’s open season on the unabashedly earnest

Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science 2026-01-07

Summary:

This is Jessica. In response to my post on slop, Thomas Basbøll shared a 1967 New Yorker essay by Jacob Brackman about the havoc wreaked by the emergence of the “Put-On” in 1960s (and slightly earlier) art and culture. True to its … Continue reading

Link:

https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2026/01/07/its-open-season-on-the-unabashedly-earnest/

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art

Authors:

Jessica Hullman

Date tagged:

01/07/2026, 20:38

Date published:

01/07/2026, 12:20