July 2009
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Rest Assured
I sometimes marvel that we homo sapiens spend 25%-35% of our lives unconscious.
That is, sleeping. Somewhere around 1/4 to 1/3 of my entire life — and yours — will be spent doing, well, nothing of substance or consequence.
On the other hand, its not like we die and resuscitate every day. During sleep our bodies and minds are active. Its just our consciousness that is kept in the...
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“Once I realized I enjoyed anger, I noticed how much time I spent experiencing...”
– Tim Kreider, “Isn’t it Outrageous”
“It is the privilege of the establishment to experience its power as
idealism.”
– Larissa MacFarquhar “East Side Story,” New Yorker, February 25, 2008
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Marion Barry is The Gift That Keeps On Giving →
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“Wiser and older people tell you that the passions of your youth will dry up and...”
– Christopher Hitchens, Caught on Tape: What the Nixon tapes tell us about the Republican Party
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Make You Crazy - Brett Dennen (featuring Femi...
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“Scientific paradigms are never easy to challenge, even when they begin to crack...”
– Michael Pollan, In Defense of Food
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Computer Love - Kraftwerk
How better inaugurate a...