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- 1The Death of Music Criticism and Algorithmic Monoculture●The Death of Music Criticism and the Risk of Algorithmic Monoculture – The Wesleyan Argus https:// wesleyanargus.com/202
A Wesleyan Argus essay argues that music criticism is dying as streaming platforms and recommendation algorithms increasingly decide what people listen to. The piece warns that algorithm-driven discovery narrows taste into a monoculture, replacing professional critics and diverse editorial voices with engagement-optimised feeds, and questions what is lost when independent judgement of music disappears.
- 2Wesleyan Biology Professor Discusses Bugs, Plants and Food Webs▼Office Hours: Singer on Bugs, and Plants, and Food Webs. Oh My!
The Wesleyan Argus is running an 'Office Hours' feature with a professor named Singer, who talks about insects, plants and how food webs connect ecosystems. The piece breaks down academic biology research into everyday language for the campus community, covering the relationships between bugs, plants and the wider web of life they form.