Minsuk Kang 강민석
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Minsuk Kang 강민석
James Clear • Haters and Critics: How to Deal with People Judging You and Your Work
Koreans have elected emperors for more than 50 years and now they think they can point guns at people who don’t listen to them.
인문학 열풍이라는 말이 있지만, 분명한 사실은 이렇다. 유명한 저자 책은 잘 나가지만, 인문학다운 책 대부분이 초판 팔기도 힘들다는 것. 인문학 열풍 이라고 해도 기초학문을 다루는 학과는 사라지고 있다. 그래도 인문학을 읽어야 하는 이유는 공부하는 이유와 비슷하다. 우리는 자유로워지기 위해서 공부한다. 주변에 우리를 속박하는 것들이 많다. 벗어나기 위해서는 뭐가 우리를 옥죄고 속박하는지 알아야 한다. 인문, 역사, 철학 등의 책을 읽으면 우리를 가장 불편하게 하고, 우리의 자유를 무엇이 속박하는지 알 수 있다. 인문학 책을 읽어야 하는 이유는 우리가 자유로워지기 위해서다.
I think writers want to change their realities in some way. You want to show what’s lovable and beautiful and so you sift through your life and you can look at it one way, or you can look at it another. And writers, I think, are people who need to affirm, need an affirmation about their life. And to me, it’s a way to make things positive, not in a ... See more
Adrian Zupp • Lucia Berlin: Writing Advice and More in This Never-Before Published Interview
I cried a little after reading this essay. As a teenager, I was depressed and felt lost most of the time. It’s comforting to know some teenagers like Ruby are not conforming to “the default setting” of our society.
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The Brutalist Report
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"Do you think it's ever okay to lie?" I ask.
"I advocate never lying in personal relationships. But if you have Anne Frank in your attic and a Nazi knocks on the door, lie....I lie to any government official." (Blanton's politics are just this side of Noam Chomsky's.) "I lie to the IRS. I always take more deductions than are justified. I lie in golf... See more
"I advocate never lying in personal relationships. But if you have Anne Frank in your attic and a Nazi knocks on the door, lie....I lie to any government official." (Blanton's politics are just this side of Noam Chomsky's.) "I lie to the IRS. I always take more deductions than are justified. I lie in golf... See more
A.J. Jacobs • I Think You're Fat
Making a living from your work comes so much later in the process of being an artist. The first layer of needs for an artist is to have something that naturally comes out of you. Second is having subject matters that inspires you. Third is having the willingness to keep doing it and to get better at it. Fourth is maybe that you have enough positive... See more