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 182022
Being
Identity, that spectator of what he calls himself,
That net and aggregate of energies in transient combination.
—Cunningham
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.
Apr 152022
An urge becomes irresistible by not being resisted.
Apr 112022
The characteristic maladies of our age are adult infantilism and childhood senescence.
Mar 312022
One World: No Exit.