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“The old world is dying, and the new world struggles to be born: now is the time of monsters.” The critic and novelist Namwali Serpell told me that the quotation appeals to her in this moment, even though Žižek’s translation is slightly unfaithful to the original. The phrase “now is the time of monsters,” Serpell said, “allows us to think about the... See more
Kyle Chayka • The Terrible Twenties? The Assholocene? What to Call Our Chaotic Era
Seeking a friend for the end of the world
Directed by: Lorene Scafaria
Written by: Lorene Scafaria
the vibe at the end of the world is scary. of course.
it’s impossible to argue with the fact that everything you know, everyone you’ve met, this whole life experience you’ve had will come to an end. that all that came before this moment did not and will
... See morein trying to figure out the brain, the obstacle is that we have no finer instrument than the brain itself for the purpose. The greatest hindrance to objective knowledge is our own subjective presence
Alan Watts • Tao: The Watercourse Way
It is an old compulsion to try to impose a narrative on our lives, especially when looking for meaning in our existence. But life does have a natural progression, a natural flow that Millennials ought to have simply participated in, and many feel it’s not flowing as it should.
Many felt there were certain things that should have fallen into place by... See more
Many felt there were certain things that should have fallen into place by... See more
Bride Jabour • ‘A late blooming into misery’: why Millennials are unhappy
millenial malaisin and sortakasten
amongst the reasons i've theorised, the ubiquity of media (specifically, nostalgia-driven and self-referential media), where no one seems to age or "mature”(whatever that means). the other side of the theory involves, of course, capitalism. the oppressive conditions that might lead us to turn inward, seek distraction and perform a "simpler” time perpetually— to willingly blind ourselves to the crippling realization that we grew into a world much more hostile than any previous generation had to face. i miss vine, btw. dab and all that.
words on words and tools
Remember that the basic rule of vocabulary is use the first word that comes to your mind, if it is appropriate and colorful.
Stephen King • On Writing: A Memoir Of The Craft (A Memoir of the Craft (Reissue))
"E. L. Doctorow once said that “writing a novel is like driving a car at night. You can see only as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way.” You don’t have to see where you’re going, you don’t have to see your destination or everything you will pass along the way. You just have to see two or three feet ahead of you. This... See more