18
Dec
Exploring consciousness
From a New York Times article on the writing of the French writer
In exploring his own consciousness, he seems
Notebook
This category is stuff that I come across in stuff I read, or watch, or listen to, and don’t want to forget. It’s also a record of thoughts that make up my head noise.
29
Nov
Disquiet on digital life & IRL
I really like this very short, simple, & sincere, post about life that is technologically mediated in comparison with life
1 min read
27
Nov
Self-awareness is good, but…
From What Sam Shepard Couldn’t Outrun in The Atlantic, By Michael O’Donnell.
Self-awareness will take a man a
24
Nov
Paul Kingsnorth's Four Ps
From a post by Paul Kingsnorth on his Substack.
A culture is not the same as a civilization. The latter
1 min read
18
Nov
Moving from posistion of castration
From a post by Paul Kingsnorth on his Substack.
Christianity turns power on its head. This is not the same
1 min read
15
Oct
Passion & Analysis
From Inventing the Future, by Nick Srnicek & Alex Williams
If politics without passion leads to cold-hearted, bureaucratic technocracy, then
01
Oct
"Watchful negligence"
I read this in a New Yorker profile of Tim Berners-Lee, the man who is credited with inventing the word
23
Jul
Close Reading & Psychoanalytic Listening
In the article Close Reading Is For Everyone, Dan Sinykin writes,
So what is close reading? As my co-editor and
1 min read
18
Jul
Access to healthy communities
In this post on his Substack, Chris Arnade makes the following observation about men today.
If they don't
17
Jul
Curiosity, Judgment, Mia Khalifa, & Bella Freud
Speaking in an episode of Fashion Neurosis with Bella Freud, Mia Khalifa says:
I think, as I’ve grime older,
1 min read