James Stevens
@redwolfwhite
Well red and well read.
Came for the creativity. Stayed for the community.
James Stevens
@redwolfwhite
Well red and well read.
Came for the creativity. Stayed for the community.
Who gives a fuck about an Oxford comma? and Writers Like Whoa
The Book Thief, Markus Zusak.
“Observing that demand for finer goods serves vastly different purposes and has different origins, Sombart suggests another distinction, namely that between idealistic or altruistic luxury and materialistic, egoistic luxury.
The former refers to expenditure on finer goods for public or ecclesiastical purposes, and he offers a gilded altar as an
Gondelman’s post, which has received nearly 70,000 likes, resonated because it speaks to a hugely important and rarely discussed aspect of the misinformation problem: the huge consumer demand for it. The rise of social media and parallel decline of mainstream journalism have enabled us to create what researcher Renee DiResta calls “bespoke
... See more“The trouble with the internet, Mr. Williams says, is that it rewards extremes. Say you’re driving down the road and see a car crash. Of course you look. Everyone looks. The internet interprets behavior like this to mean everyone is asking for car crashes, so it tries to supply them.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/20/technology/evan-williams-mediu
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