October 2011
10 posts
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“People who work on social software are closer in spirit to economists and...”
– Clay Shirky, A Group Is Its Own Worst Enemy
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“What we think of as coaching was, sports historians say, a distinctly American...”
– Atul Gawande, Coaching a Surgeon - New Yorker
I usually love Atul Gawande, but I think he’s off-point about the real ethos of amateurism—which really just denotes a kind of love. Conflating amateurism with a specific anthropological tidbit is a disservice to people that pursue things for...
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In our small restaurant in Boerum Hill we have served media moguls, deranged artists, and various celebrities—and absolutely none of them have ever thrown down to party like the Supreme Court justice that visited us last night.
The world is a strange and wonderful place.
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Be Good Tanyas - For the Turnstiles (Neil Young...
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Bob Dylan - Dink’s Song (Home Recording)
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“Literature is an active process: the communication between writer—who wishes to...”
– James Bridle, The New Value of Text
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“He had always told me that a man is at the peak of his powers from his late...”
– Tom Junod, My Father’s Fashion Tips - GQ
Junod won a 1996 National Magazine award for this story; it reminded me of my grandfather.
