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I didn’t really think about how outlandish Michel’s proposal was to make “copies that are accurate to within fractions of a millimeter” of fragments of rock until I was at the Met recently, looking at damaged ancient relics, thinking about the meticulous effort that would have to go into replicating such objects’ singular histories of contingency
... See moreRob Horning • Enough Pentelic Marble
I think a scrupulous avoidance of cliche and unnecessary words and a consistent desire to surprise are a good starting point for anyone, eventually taste, disposition, and commitment to character and situation take care of the rest.
Nicholas Russell • A Chat with Tony Tulathimutte
The better life you absolutely can build isn’t going to be brought to you by ChatGPT but by your own steady uphill clawing and through careful management of your own expectations. You live here. This is it.
To Learn to Live in a Mundane Universe
Lyell turned out to be right: the Scandinavian peninsula was, and still is, rising relative to the sea, as a result of the phenomenon known as “postglacial uplift”—the slow bounce-back of land that was long compressed by the great weight of earlier glaciers.
Our Very Strange Search for “Sea Level”
"I'm not so much of a technical player myself. I'm probably not that much of an intellectual player, as some other musicians. What I do is... express. That's what I do." — Pharoah Sanders
I think jailbreaking from the middle distance is transformative and liberatory, and I don’t think it happens automatically by putting your phone away.
Our Own Devices
Manifesting the proper brainspace to be able to think clearly enough to read and write is probably even more important than having ideas or skill; in fact, the latter would seem to emerge out of the former.
Blake Butler • Maximizing Time for Reading
In the utter darkness
Of a moonless night
A powerful wind embraces
— Bashō
Lying in your diary is a disservice to yourself. Doing so will prevent you from being close to others.