Arthur

One of the most intelligent case studies in design is the Chinese tea cup. They’re made without handles simply because if it’s too hot to touch, it’s too hot to drink.

Humans naturally want to add more. Add a cardboard sleeve, add a warning on the outside of the cup, add a handle. The result of all these things never cools down the actual contents.

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On the four leaf clover

I’ve never found one in the wild, though I’m always looking. I wonder if the ones I see in necklaces are fake.

The other day I put a book, breathlessly recommended by a close friend, on hold at the library. The wait was 32 weeks — long enough that the synchronistic moment would probably be past by the time it made its way to

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