Italo Calvino Kept Calling Me
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Italo Calvino Kept Calling Me
meanwhile, email often frustrates me because there is TOO much time to polish, it feels like I can't just say what's on my mind and work things out, whatever I send feels "final" in some sense I really dislike
Uri Bram • L.M. Sacasas on Instant Messenger Over Instant Messenger
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Error refers to the inherent imperfection of literature, stemming from its striving for a total, perfect, or ideal form that can never be fully realized. This concept is rooted in Mallarmé's idea of the “Book,” which signifies an unattainable, perfect poem that would encompass all other poems and redeem the world.
“In effect, we know that this perf... See more
William G Dixon • Scholarcy - Article Summarizer and Flashcard Generator
I begin the week with the bright intention not to be devoured by the administrative deluge which defines business in the modern age. I sip my coffee and pretend that I am waiting for Sartre or Camus to join me at the Café de Flor. I resist the temptation to turn on my computer so I can keep the grim spectacle at bay for at least another twenty minu... See more
Jonathan Simons, Analog Sea Review
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When Emerson wrote, “To be great is to be misunderstood,” he was not focused on developing a blockbuster, nor was he trying to appeal to the masses. But he was speaking a lot of truth.
Sometimes you’ll be ahead of your time or the joke won’t land or the recipient of your email won’t give you the time of day. Sometimes you’ll be the runner up. Someti... See more
Sometimes you’ll be ahead of your time or the joke won’t land or the recipient of your email won’t give you the time of day. Sometimes you’ll be the runner up. Someti... See more
Caroline Cala Donofrio • You Can't Win Them All
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on the futility of trying to reverse engineer a “hit”
vicissitudes
Haruki Murakami • 1Q84: Books 1 and 2
This whole painful irony is especially striking in the case of email, that ingenious twentieth-century invention whereby any random person on the planet can pester you, at any time they like, and at almost no cost to themselves, by means of a digital window that sits inches from your nose, or in your pocket, throughout your working day, and often o
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