May 2013
18 posts
“States vote to take away my marriage rights, and even though I don’t want to get...”
– David Sedaris (via suicideblonde)
“I was taking an advanced calculus class and my instructor was reputed to be a...”
– Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales argues the boring university lecture will be the first casualty of the online education revolution.
Pair with Don’t Go Back to School, Kio Stark’s fantastic manifesto for lifelong learning outside the system.
(via explore-blog)
“That’s what art does, that’s what it’s for — to show you that what you think can...”
– A fine addition to history’s finest definitions of art from Greil Marcus’s fantastic 2013 SVA commencement address on how the division of high vs. low robs art of its essence. (via explore-blog)
April 2013
2 posts
March 2013
3 posts
February 2013
19 posts
“It is in fact the discovery and creation of problems rather than any superior...”
– The surprising secrets of selling your ideas (via explore-blog)
January 2013
19 posts
“During the act of reading engaging fiction, we can lose all sense of time. By...”
– New study by Dutch researchers confirms previous theories that reading fiction makes you a better person by expanding your capacity for empathy.
Also see how storytelling makes us human. (via explore-blog)
