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America had once been an archipelago of small towns in which hierarchy commanded deference and local opinion bounded behavior. But the country’s extraordinary social and geographic mobility was creating a horizontal society. When every man or woman is free to constantly recreate himself or herself, one never knows who one should be or, just as frig
... See moreCharles R. Morris • The Tycoons: How Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, Jay Gould, and J. P. Morgan Invented the American Supereconomy
Creation, Contingency, and the Specter
James K. A. Smith • Who's Afraid of Relativism? (The Church and Postmodern Culture): Community, Contingency, and Creaturehood
“I stepped through the looking glass into a strange new world
Emily St. John Mandel • The Glass Hotel: A novel
Martin Heidegger.
Oliver Burkeman • Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals
The age of the Well-Bred Man was vanishing. The age of the Cognitive Elite was here.
David Brooks • How the Ivy League Broke America
Source: The A.V. Club
Watch The Avengers re-assemble to record The Avengers in Lakota
infinite opportunity and the reserve clause
Matthew Van Natta • The Beginner's Guide to Stoicism: Tools for Emotional Resilience and Positivity
Uncertain Discomfort + Wonder > Certain Discomfort