The Nass is a rebel without a cause. A tortured creature. A little dog with a big bite. This week, we’re counterculture.
The bar where the beach boys used to play
L.A., from someone who got out.
Counterculture: Full Design
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Letter From the Editors
Dominant institutions of power have co-opted “culture,” fragmenting it in the process; universities are censored, while mainstream publications ignore the needs and concerns of younger generations, increasingly reflecting outdated sentiments. We’re aware that meditating on “culture,” rather than subsistence, is a sign of privilege; but the line between culture and politics is thin, and conforming […]
We Belong to No One But Ourselves
Members of the Harvard Independent’s Editorial Board reflect on counterculture.
Treatise on Believing in Yourself from Elizabeth Holmes
To diagnose someone means they’re already sick. We need more time, I tell my investors––Kissinger and the other men. It can only happen in blood. I don’t give stories or specificities. Silicon Valley means you create the outline and let them fill you in. All I do is put on a low voice, Steve Jobs […]
Nass Recommends: Guy Trebay’s Do Something
Trebay’s memoir of growing up in New York City presents a poignant picture of a time when artists could actually afford rent.
Modern Love
“We went a year without sleeping with one another. The act of speaking was already intimate enough.”
The Ills of Talent: A Manifesto
The talent-less of the world, unite!
Call of Duty: VR Training with the Princeton Police
Patrol Officer Andre Lee sees a suicidal woman staring off the edge of a building with a bright desert-like landscape behind her; he hears the woman’s melancholic voice and the sound of whipping wind. I see Officer Lee standing alert in the middle of the Princeton Police Department (PPD) training facility, the cloudy mid-morning February […]
Counter Cultures
Some lesser-known identities of a counter, however you define it, recognizing the dangers of slipping into the full absurdist guerrilla art territory of #notmakingsense.
On Umwelt: Experience as a Shapeable Thing
What if we can find control over our experience of the world just by shifting our attention?
Counterculture: Full Design
The Nass is a rebel without a cause. A tortured creature. A little dog with a big bite. This week, we’re counterculture.