How fucking stupid would you have to be to think Pauline Hanson could run the country? It'd be like appointing your favourite pet rock to tutor particle physics.
I want to learn French so that I can experience French literature in its unmediated force. I can never fully trust translators with Baudelaire, Rimbaud, Huysmans, Proust.
Australians had a warmer-than-usual autumn
Australians had a warmer-than-usual winter
Australians can expect a warmer-than-usual spring
Australians can expect a hotter-than-usual summer
Guys is it just me or is there some kind of pattern here?
Really take emphasis on the last 3 words, read, take action.
Don’t let words just stay as words allow yourself to change to grow and to positively influence others. Take Action
You must read. Read nonfiction. Read fiction. Read history. Read philosophy. Read psychology. Read banned literature. Read poetry. Read about new technology. Read biography. Read memoir. Read on economics. Read on finance. Reread what you have already read. Read anything. Read everything. Read. Reflect. Take Action.
You must read. Read nonfiction. Read fiction. Read history. Read philosophy. Read psychology. Read banned literature. Read poetry. Read about new technology. Read biography. Read memoir. Read on economics. Read on finance. Reread what you have already read. Read anything. Read everything. Read. Reflect. Take Action.
The most short-sighted assumption of the past 25 years has been that we can discard physical libraries because everything is digital and always will be. But the digital vanishes like smoke & knowledge is rapidly disappearing from the web. You have to invest in physical media.
I love critical theory, I love seminars, I love reading groups, I love universities as public goods, I love historiography of disciplines and knowledge itself, I love difficulty and difficult questions, and I love the humanities being human. And that's the hill I die on.
This is actually a very nuanced point and it's true. I say this as someone who used to do some amateur paid shoots with a Sony a7iii mirrorless
You can have a $5000 camera, but my photographer buddy with his iPhone is gonna outshoot you anyway
Similarly, anyone can code now, but I'd still trust a genuine engineer or product builder with 5.6 Luna vs a total amateur with Fable 5