A Point of View

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A Point of View: A Study in Improbability

28/02/2020

A Study in Improbability

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Adam Gopnik presents an extended anecdote about art, television and memory.

Adam Gopnik ponders a new aspect of our era - the principle of 'Absolute Adjacency.'

Adam Gopnik reflects on the ever-increasing accessibility of the past.

He ponders what effect it has when "everything in the world that we can ever remember, everything that has accidentally haunted our imaginations for even a moment" is available online.

Producer: Adele Armstrong

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