@franzsherbert Over the course of my life I’ve pretty much had this journey. Like yeah he ain’t exactly Aquinas, but I’ve reluctantly concluded that he is very, very good, if a bit of a crank.
Greta Gerwig on preparing to write Narnia: The Magician's Nephew:
"I read or re-read everything Lewis wrote. Then I tried to read everything he read."
She also retraced C.S. Lewis's life and steps in Belfast, Cambridge, and Oxford, hoping to better understand the author so that "my instincts would align with his”.
Full report: https://t.co/UaTsWe6gCS
I was at the last philosophy talk David Lewis attended. The philosopher chose "p" as a variable for a verb. The talk was about friendship. Multiple variants on: "So, when I help my friend p..." David's shoulders shook with silent laughter every time.
Funniest thing about one piece is that half the fanbase is like “man this has really had a steep decline in quality. For some reason this silly pirate manga that I started when I was 14 is way worse now that I’m 35. Guess Oda’s washed!”
I read a couple books this year that I really enjoyed. They were both sort of shared biographies of a handful of thinkers used to describe a certain time and place. Any recs for more like these?
An Arizona man convicted of killing a road-rage victim will be resentenced after an AI-generated video of the victim forgiving him was improperly used during sentencing.
The initial judge said he felt that the AI-generated depiction of the victim portrayed “genuine forgiveness.”