A Thomas Merton line I must use one day
In the opening paragraph of Mystics and Zen Masters, he contrasts "the monk or the Zen man" to "people dedicated to lives that are, shall we say, aggressively
“not having a Facebook account could be the first sign that you are a mass murderer”
The Daily Mail recently had a piece about how not being on Facebook is starting to be seen as a sign that you're antisocial, or have something to
Quote of the day
These days he spent very little time surfing the web, which now seemed, on reflection, a giant collective conspiracy to waste time. Given infinite freedom of intellectual movement,
“Today Russia’s geeks hack into your bank account, while those of Finland develop Angry Birds.”
This is why I read John Kay: In the 20th century political frontiers became a central influence on economic life. Old Kaspar’s work presumably consisted of providing food,
Quote of the day: Most optimistic statement about cultural knowledge, 2012 winner
Ridley Scott talks about why he switched the name of his latest movie from Paradise to Prometheus: Ridley Scott originally planned to title his film Paradise, but then
Quote of the day
From Rob Horning's essay in New Inquiry:The attack on unrecorded sociality, on its existance as an ephemeral, oral phenomenon, is an effort to subsume social behavior as a
Worthwhile simple thought of the day
From Seth Godin: A big part of doing your work is defending your time and your attention so you can do your work.
Great Michael Lewis piece on luck
Michael Lewis' Princeton commencement address is terrific. After the obligatory opening joke ("Members of the Princeton Class of 2012. Give yourself a round of applause. The next time you
My interview on ABC Encounter
Last week I was on an Australian radio show, Encounter, in an episode on "Worship 2.0." via flickr I appear about 40 minutes into the hour-long show, but
Who holds the keys to weapons of mass distraction?
From Jesse Fox's Church of Facebook: I often complain about life’s little distractions; things like Facebook and a too-long to-do list and too many people to keep up