A quest for the exotic is always rooted in contempt for the familiar.
Jun 202022
Being
Identity, that spectator of what he calls himself,
That net and aggregate of energies in transient combination.
—Cunningham
Jun 102022
If luck did not exist, it would be necessary for men, to live together in society, to invent it.
May 272022
The fault is not in our phones, but in ourselves.
May 182022
If the rich and accomplished were swine, they would be envied less. As it is, they are envied for being rich, accomplished, and not swine.
May 122022
One’s former selves ought to be labeled with subscripts for the year, like isotopes with their atomic weights.
May 092022
The writer who does not disappoint in person has left too little of himself on the page.
May 052022
Some feel a small secret joy when breaking a rule, others when following one.
Apr 272022
Bad behavior is caused by the desire to behave badly.
Apr 262022
That we live in a simulation no one doubts. The only point at issue is whose.
Apr 222022
Agency — use it or lose it.