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His time was no more valuable than my time, his life no more important than anyone else’s life—except, by the terms governing the ecosystem, it was.
Anna Wiener • Uncanny Valley: A Memoir
He had really become, at 32 or 33, the ruined middle-aged man that he already seemed on the cusp of becoming in youth.
n+1 • The Face of Seung-Hui Cho (Kindle Single) (Kindle Singles Book 4)
“He’s like Kanye,” said a Sam watcher who also spent time with Kanye West. “Wherever he goes, all this wild shit just happens.”
Michael Lewis • Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon
“His trip reports betray a theme, in photo after photo entirely devoid of human companionship: empty lounges, first-class menus, embroidered satin pillows—inanimate totems of a five-star existence.” But he’s winning.
James K. A. Smith • On the Road with Saint Augustine: A Real-World Spirituality for Restless Hearts
“Where is this?,” implying another question: How can I get there, too? A certain ambivalence has always been a part of travel, knowing you’re a tourist but also craving direct contact with a different place. Yet algorithmic recommendations have automated that process of word of mouth and turned tourism into a conveyor belt that intrudes much deeper
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