Chad Aaron Hall
@readordieaslave
Edgewalker
Chad Aaron Hall
readordieaslave.substack.com
With idea, sound, or gesture, the duende enjoys fighting the creator on the very rim of the well. Angel and muse escape with violin, meter, and compass; the duende wounds. In the healing of that wound, which never closes, lie the strange, invented qualities of a man's work.
Federico García Lorca • In Search of Duende
“Attack ideas, not people” not only represents how you deal with people you don’t like but how you deal with people you do like. You should be able to analyze and interrogate the ideas of a friend without attacking your friend. Rather than beginning with “tariffs are bullshit” you start with “what are the potential weak points of tariffs”.
This explains the modern rise of evil chic and the pattern among woke leftists of cheering on the likes of Hamas, Hezbollah, the psychopathic dictator Vladimir Lenin, or the murderer Luigi Mangione.
Book Review: Political Ponerology
Slow Media cannot be consumed casually, but provoke the full concentration of their users.
Sabria David • The Slow Media Manifesto | Lanre Dahunsi
Procrastinators often follow exactly the wrong tack. They try to minimize their commitments, assuming that if they have only a few things to do, they will quit procrastinating and get them done. But this goes contrary to the basic nature of the procrastinator and destroys his most important source of motivation. The few tasks on his list will be by... See more
John Perry • Structured Procrastination
While some stations still do sign off, they are increasingly rare in a hyperkinetic, always-open America that has shifted fully into 24-7 mode (indeed, one promise of much-hyped digital TV is that it will allow an individual channel to subdivide itself four or more times). If the test pattern symbolized a moment of silence in the cultural process,... See more
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