You Can Understand Everything and Still Not Know What to Do
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How should I live? Socrates called it the examined life. The Daoists called it the Way. Every philosophical tradition worth its name has some version of it, which tells you…
Books
The Streets She Couldn’t Walk
Raffaello Palandri runs a Book of the Day series, and this morning he wrote about Frantz Fanon’s The Wretched of the Earth, published in 1961. I read it, and one…
Do You Like Hyperlinks?
Monday. Early. The Writing Life opened on my lap. This morning, three passages piqued my interest. Three in quick succession, like knocking on the same door from different directions. The…
the books that shaped me
Over the past couple of days, I’ve been reflecting with a friend on the year ahead—talking about change, personal evolution, and the pursuit of what truly lights us up. We’ve…
Transhumanism: a brief history
If you’re seeking an introduction to transhumanism, I found this book to be a good one. Transhumanism, which promotes the enhancement of the human condition through cutting-edge technologies, pushes the…
from my reading list in 2022
Continuing with the year in review theme, I’ve done music; I’ve done chess; now here are my top books from 2022. Lurking: How a Person Became a User – Joanne…
Books do make a room
My friend and fellow #BlogPals19 blogger, Cathy explored the topic of physical books vs electronic books, which I thought was interesting. The Kindle has been the best thing and the…
Understanding other places
“One place comprehended can make us understand other places better.” So wrote Southern novelist Eudora Welty in her essay “Place in Fiction,” and it’s a concept well worth thinking about…