June 2012
26 posts
“In any given M.A. or MFA or Ph.D. program, amid those arguing over which is the...”
– From a piece called “It’s Good To Be Pretentious”
Culture - Salon.com
“Originally, Shaoxing’s stinky delicacies were poverty foods, cheap ingredients...”
– The stinky delights of Shaoxing - FT.com
“If you like to visit web pages, check on the weather, get the latest sports...”
– iPhone Hands-On Review, Five Years Later | ANIMAL
“In the last couple of years this Cool Britannia mythos, which at least liked to...”
– The Quietus | Opinion | Black Sky Thinking | Martin Amis, Geezer-Prat, & His Unfortunate Clichés Of Britishness
“Might the cultural sensibility that came to be referred to as postmodernism best...”
– Of Flying Cars and the Declining Rate of Profit | David Graeber | The Baffler
“I love people. Everybody. I love them, I think, as a stamp collector loves his...”
– 18-Year-Old Sylvia Plath on Loving Everybody and Living with Curiosity | Brain Pickings
“The Museum of Failed Products was itself a kind of accident, albeit a happier...”
– Happiness is a glass half empty | Oliver Burkeman | Life and style | The Guardian
“While smartness is necessary for competent elites, it is far from sufficient:...”
– Why Elites Fail | The Nation
“These videos are so addictive that they are cracking the very foundation of...”
– A tongue in cheek if accurate article about the pros and cons of the phenomenon that is TED.
I Point To TED Talks and I Point to Kim Kardashian. That Is All. - Download The Universe
“The Internet is, among other things, a massive, chaotic marketplace. Too much...”
– Making Choices in the Age of Information Overload - NYTimes.com
“Moreover, there are a lot of merely possible people. How many? Well, very...”
– Is Death Bad for You? - The Chronicle Review - The Chronicle of Higher Education 