E4E Developers Conf 2014 - Breaking Bacchante...

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Channel: Confreaks · 2014 · Science & Technology

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Breaking Bacchante: The Trials And Responsibilities of Making Something New, Great, and Lasting by Andy Ihnatko

In 1897, “Bacchante” was ignominiously driven out of its intended home at the new Boston Public Library, due to pressure from puritanical groups that considered it indecent, inappropriate, and a corrupting influence.

How on earth did this happen? And what can “Bacchante”’s experience teach us, as people who make things and then send them out into the world?

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