Morning edits
I got the page proofs for REST a few days ago, and am now working through them. It's always interesting and a little disorienting to see your words
Matthew Weiner: “I now cut myself slack on all of the thinking and procrastination time I use”
Matthew Weiner, Mad Men showrunner and writer (and someone I write about in REST), talks about the challenge of doing creative work early in your professional life The
Keep Me Posted
I recently got a message about the new Web comedy Keep Me Posted: Keep Me Posted Teaser from Hillary Nussbaum on Vimeo. As the Seed And Spark fundraiser
Stephen Wolfram on Richard Feyman’s avoidance of busyness
Brigid Schulte tweets a link to a Stephen Wolfram talk about "My Time with Richard Feynman." Among other things, it has thing line about Feynman's avoidance of busyness
Basic Books catalog page for Rest
The Basic Books fall catalog of out, and Rest has a listing. Not a surprise, of course, but it's exciting to see your book move one step closer
Swimming, flow, and problem-solving
Doctor and New York Times contributor Richard Friedman writes in today’s Sunday Times about swimming, flow, and problem-solving: There is no drug — recreational or prescription — capable
“Late capitalism is like your love life: it looks a lot less bleak through an Instagram filter”
Late capitalism is like your love life: it looks a lot less bleak through an Instagram filter. The slow collapse of the social contract is the backdrop for
“we have chosen instead to have overwork for some and starvation for others”
Bertrand Russell's "In Praise of Idleness" will never become obsolete (though it would be great if we could put more of its lessons into practice): In a world
A thought on Jonah Lehrer’s new book, redemption, and writing
So Jonah Lehrer has a new book coming out, and there’s some snark around it. Lehrer has admitted that he cut corners, self-plagiarized, and made stuff up, but lots
“Why do we need to be always busy?”
Padraig O'Morain, asking "Why do we need to be always busy?" in the Irish Times: Our lives have become like a maths problem in one of those old