Curious to read Gladwell’s new book. I love the idea of fakes and frauds and what they teach us about communication. Think I’ll get the audiobook version for the car. Dying to crack open Machines Like Me, Luis. This job keeps sucking me back in. Continue Reading
Not sure where to situate this, but I’ll put it here. As I go into the 12 Rules book, I am uneasy about the defence of dominance position it adopts which I can see easily becoming an apology for authoritarianism. So I’ve been drawn to another Youtube blogging phenom, Joe Rogan. Continue Reading
Podcasts being the new talk radio, I’ve been following Joe Rogan’s. Seems OG to me: Continue Reading
I thought I’d open a thread as I’m struck by the meme of “toxic masculinity” which I have been coming across these days. I’ve been indulging myself in some Jordan Peterson video viewing. There was a great video the touched on matters spiritual that touched on the Mind-body thing butContinue Reading
Chandra some provocative prescient forecasts here. Curious about your thoughts: While the United States is selling for $110 billions weapons to Saudi Arabia to kill more Yemenis and threaten its neighbours (Qatar, Syria and Iran), Russia has signed 10 year contracts with China worth 600 billion dollars, and withContinue Reading
Jess: I thought I’d indulge myself by starting a new thread. I’ve been reading J.D. Vance’s Hillbilly Elegy and I couldn’t resist but share a few pages. It’s an interesting moment in a fairly graphic narrative memoir of his white-trash upbringing where he attempts a more objective look at and the peopleContinue Reading