“Eric Jackson was sitting in his hotel room on Sea Island, Ga., watching his kids splash around in the pool, when he clicked “publish” on his latest blog post for Forbes.com.”
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Abundance Without Attachment
“That was the cheery yuletide greeting favored by the late English playwright Noël Coward, commemorating the holiday after which he was named. Less contrarian were the words of President Calvin Coolidge: “Christmas is not a time nor a season, but a state of mind.”
The Art of Poetry No. 91, Jack Gilbert
“On the rare occasions when Jack Gilbert gives public readings—whether in New York, Pittsburgh, or San Francisco—it is not unusual for men and women in the audience to tell him how his poems have saved their lives.”
The Making Of Tesla: Invention, Betrayal, And The Birth Of The Roadster
“Tesla Motors probably shouldn’t exist. The last successful American car startup was founded 111 years ago. It’s called Ford.”
Aliens in the valley: The complete and chaotic history of Reddit
“This piece is part of Mashable Spotlight, which presents in-depth looks at the people, concepts and issues shaping our digital world. For months leading up to his resignation, Yishan Wong looked beat down. Employees say he was noticeably stressed and no longer enjoying his work.”
Bird-watcher
“Every weekday for the past twenty-seven years, a long-in-the-tooth history major named Phil Schaap has hosted a morning program on WKCR, Columbia University’s radio station, called “Bird Flight,” which places a degree of attention on the music of the bebop saxophonist Charlie Parker that is s”
Why Experts Reject Creativity
“People think they like creativity. But teachers, scientists, and executives are biased against new ways of thinking. In 2007, Steve Ballmer, then-CEO of Microsoft, emphatically predicted that Apple’s new phone would fail.”
The self is moral
“One morning after her accident, a woman I’ll call Kate awoke in a daze. She looked at the man next to her in bed. He resembled her husband, with the same coppery beard and freckles dusted across his shoulders. But this man was definitely not her husband.”
You Are Now Entering the Demented Kingdom of William T. Vollmann Home to goddesses, dreams, and a dangerously uncorrupted literary mind
“One morning, in 2000, while I was working as an editor for Henry Holt, a manuscript contained on several compact disks was delivered to my office.”
The Art of Poetry No. 14, Pablo Neruda
““I have never thought of my life as divided between poetry and politics,” Pablo Neruda said in his September 30, 1969, acceptance speech as the Chilean Communist Party candidate for the presidency.”
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