Every technology will alienate you from some part of your life. That is its job. Your job is to notice.
Michael Harris, as quoted by The Economist (August 16, 2014)
A commonplace book: an old-fashioned literary diary for recording interesting items from reading you've done. I use mine to record snippets from reading, conversation and life in general. (The early 2003 entries are from a period some years ago -- before the blog age -- when I tried an online commonplace book as a straight web page.)
Saturday, August 16, 2014
Friday, August 08, 2014
Mammalian minds evolved to track external dangers and opportunities.... Only humans acquired an ability to focus solely on internal thoughts.... [But] people go to surprisingly great lengths to avoid being stranded with their own thoughts.
Science News, People Find Solitude Distressing
Science News, People Find Solitude Distressing
Tuesday, August 05, 2014
Today’s news is always old news. The innocent get slaughtered and someone makes up excuses.
Charles Simic, Portable Hell (NYR)
Charles Simic, Portable Hell (NYR)
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