Reading
On books, reading, and writers.
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Deep Culture: The truths we hold to be self-evident
There are truths we have can articulate and justify, and then there are the truths we hold to be self-evident. We often struggle to explain…
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Why Not Knowing: Defending our small islands, filled with the warm light of meaning and purpose
Into this Universe, and Why not knowing,Nor Whence, like Water willy-nilly flowing:And out of it, as Wind along the Waste,I know not Whither, willy-nilly blowing.…
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An Answer to Jimmy Carter: Life is common, intelligence is rare
In Bully for Brontosaurus, evolutionary biologist quotes this letter he received from president Jimmy Carter in response to one of his essays. You seem to…
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Lexical Ambiguity: Sentences that break brains
If you’re part of the small slice of humanity who enjoys sentences like the grammatically correct Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo, you’ll…
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Why Read? Don’t you have better things to do?
Is reading novels really a better use of time than watching clips on YouTube? I like to read, not because I think it makes me…
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Peripheral Drinking: David Samuels goes to Polynesia
David Samuels has published an article about America, inspired by a recent visit to American Samoa. There, at the country’s extreme periphery, he sits in…
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