[Reading] Ribbonfarm
Writing on his blog Ribbonfarm, Venkatesh Rao says,
I was asked in a DM conversation whether I use AI for
Good Text in Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
I'm reading Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin. I'm enjoying it a lot. Here
Percival Everett & Subjective Meaning
From a New Yorker profile of Percival Everett (who I had never heard of before reading the profile).
Everett is
Reading, research, & procrastination
From the most recent this wonderful post on disquiet:
Reading is a form of writing procrastination that sort of doubles
The dopamine-stupidity slope
In issue [227/21] of his [Nightingalingale], Craig Mod writes about the process of making his next book and how
Philology
I came across the word philology while reading an article about the work of Anne Carson. From the Wikipedia article:
Sprechgesang
While looking up more stuff on Kim Gordon I found the Wikipedia article on sprechgesang.
Sprechgesang (German: [ˈʃpʀɛçɡəˌzaŋ], "spoken
Bots fighting bots
From Warren Ellis’s blog post:
I read something the other day – didn’t save the link – wherein winter is
Art & Living
From the The Convivial Society newsletter:
I’m drawn to the idea of an art of living much more so
Semblance of truth & Lying truth (Pt. 1)
I’ve been exploring texts written in antiquity to see if there are things in them that can help me