"What do you mean?" said Gandalf. "You hope this email finds me and that I am well; or you hope this email does well at finding me, however well I happen to be when it does; or do you hope this email finds me—well, perhaps you have second thoughts even about that?"
RIP Joseph T. Ibid (1937-2024), a prolific publisher of books, papers, and legal opinions who has the enviable distinction of being the most cited author in every single academic field.
Imagining the first proto-hominid to find a rock that worked kind of well as a grill. He uses it for years. Decades. One of his kids clumsily knocks it over and it shatters. Total GDP created by humans takes 500 years to recover.
RIP Andrea Dworkin, you would have had an aneurism the first time you heard the phrase "Member of the Technical Staff," even before you learned how much money they make.
A players hire A players. B players hire C players. But if you have a critical mass of A players, one of them will spontaneously transform into a D player, which preys on A players but whose excreta gradually turn C players into B players. Each player tells the truth with some pr
Inequality in sexual access and skill has never been wider, while the rise of porn means that more people are opting out of sex entirely. Charles Murray had finally written a book explaining this phenomenon, and Cumming Apart is sure to resonate with readers and policymakers.
Whether you live in an oral culture or a literary one, your inner experience is that of an oral culture: the stories you keep telling yourself about who you are *are* who you are, and when you forget those stories you're somebody else.
"Furthermore, we find evidence that it reduces the risk of dementia. Your lucidity will be undimmed as you experience the endless horror of existence."