Two quotes: "The most important lesson that I learned, I believe, is that money is not wealth." & "Life may not always have been easy, but it certainly was good.". Personal and illuminating piece from WSJ writer Jason Zweig.

My standard for verisimilitude is simple and I came to it when I started to write prose narrative: fuck the average reader.

...take away the director from the staged play and what do you get? Usually a diminution of strife, a shorter rehearsal period, and a better production.

Gerd Gigerenzer on what not to know and how to live life - I think.

Chicago Blog

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Action Art Group

Indie bands rejecting Hummer sponsorship on principle.

Talk given by Dana Boyd

The consequences of Web 2.0 are inherently dangerous for the vitality of culture and the arts. Discussed by Andrew Keen

Designing Interactive, Interfaces for living together.

The cult of A&F

Bruce Sterling looks at Vogue

Road Trip - documentary about travel across the US on a Segway.

The history of science is replete with discoveries that were considered socially, morally, or emotionally dangerous in their time; the Copernican and Darwinian revolutions are the most obvious.

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