Jake
@jake
writer, creative programmer, running Printernet and trying to make the internet more interesting.
Jake
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The Work of Art: How Something Comes from Nothing a book by ...
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"Plots and hooks yield the same desideratum: they set the reader a question, with the implicit assurance that the question will be answered." - Martin Amis
"When did you last read a book of poetry or take time, of an afternoon, for an essay or two?" - Ray Bradbury
Is there a way to cultivate curiosity? To start with, you want to avoid situations that suppress it. How much does the work you're currently doing engage your curiosity? If the answer is "not much," maybe you should change something.
Paul Graham • How to Think for Yourself
The problem is, of course, that you cannot simply decide to care about something. If you do not care about something, your will cannot simply establish a caring relationship to that thing. It is rather a question of being open to possibilities of caring
Lars Svendsen • Being bored
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