June 2009
8 posts
"Why Have No Proper Shoes Been Distributed to...
meaghano:
In 1921 Eliot left the manuscript of The Waste Land with Pound, and Pound went through it with his red pencil. He thought it was a masterpiece. And why should its author not go on writing such masterpieces? Well, he was working as a clerk in Lloyd’s Bank in London and didn’t have the time. Pound decided to free him. He organized a subscription plan called “Bel Esprit.” The idea was...
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“If you lower the costs of exploring a space, you can be more indiscriminate in...”
– Tech Is Too Cheap to Meter: It’s Time to Manage for Abundance, Not Scarcity
“This is the power of waste. When scarce resources become abundant, smart people...”
– Tech Is Too Cheap to Meter: It’s Time to Manage for Abundance, Not Scarcity
“My 7 year old correctly identified an ocean abyss recently. Since he is an avid...”
– How to feel like you have time to read everything
“The lack of college experience also means that you probably have less of a...”
– Bill Simmons on, what else, basketball
“Art is only art when it is synonymous with living.”
– Alexander Girard
“That is what real revolutions are like. The old stuff gets broken faster than...”
– Newspapers and Thinking the Unthinkable « Clay Shirky