Algis Tamosaitis
- The difference between schools and libraries
From John Taylor Gatto’s The Underground History of American Education (via Austin Kleon):To begin with, libraries are usually comfortable, clean, and quiet. They are orderly places where you can actually read instead of just pretending to read.
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For some reason libraries are never age-segregated, nor do tfrom robertogreco by robertogreco
- Retail and restaurant marketers should come over to Shenzhen, Singapore, Taipei, Seoul, and Tokyo to see how sophisticated the consumer experiences are for young people.
from 2017 Letter | Dan Wang by Dan Wang
- What it means to be "stylish" depends on who you talk to.
from Clarity vs. Style [UI] by Masahiro Sakurai
“I want everything quiet and simple. For me: walking barefoot, sitting still, reading, listening to stories, and now and then telling some myself. Eating fruit, drinking milk, longing to create, but with patience and many insights.”
— Rainer Maria Rilke, from a letter to Lou Salomé witten c. March 1904
“I pretended to be somebody I wanted to be,” said Cary Grant, “until finally I became that person. Or he became me.”
from A Beginner's Guide to Japan by Pico Iyer
So, the question that keeps me up at night is, what are us humans gonna do with all of our newfound time? Which brings me back to Japan, and this quaint Kyoto restaurant I found myself sitting in one evening. There were 10 seats, one chef/owner and one apprentice, and the most incredibly crafted experience. It wasn’t expensive, but everything was i
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- Modern aspiration is not about having money to buy things, but having taste to know what to buy.
