man of steel
June 2013
4 posts
May 2013
4 posts
john piper can be really, really dumb →
rachelheldevans.com
this is a really hard, uncomfortable, and emotional post - maybe that’s not such a bad thing. and maybe church shouldn’t be such a boys club.
adorno told us that writing poetry after auschwitz was barbaric, and i am inclined to agree. i think we ought to not rush to provide any narrative after tragedy, including “God knows best.” That is literally the most banal story you can tell. we will never have an answer for why an allegedly good God allows for evil & suffering. anyone who says they do is either a liar or a damn fool.
yeah, i realize he deleted the tweets later and offered an amazing non-apology. i am not impressed.
Ben Bernanke on robots, lasers and the Great Stagnation →
washingtonpost.com
having bernanke as your commencement speak must be truly awesome, and he summarizes some really important stuff that everyone should read. i consider tyler cowen’s the great stagnation to be one of the most eye-opening books that i have ever read.
i suppose we ought to hope for the best of all possible futures, even though some day robots may indeed take all our jobs.
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Keynes was, incredibly, right about the future. He was wrong about how we’d be spending it. →
washingtonpost.com
In 1930, he wrote a slim tract titled “Economic Possibilities for our Grandchildren.” What he got wrong is interesting. What he got right is remarkable.
more from ezra klein, who can do no wrong. cash rules everything around me.
April 2013
1 post
from the always on-point ezra klein. →
washingtonpost.com
Being smart isn’t the same thing as being wise, right or capable.
good guy, wrong moment? maybe. but let us not forget what an utter disaster his presidency really was.
March 2013
2 posts
February 2013
5 posts
James Blake - Retrograde
i know indie girls be all over this, but this is a great song
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January 2013
5 posts
“You have to do everything you can, you have to work your hardest, and if you do, if you stay positive, you have a shot at a silver lining.”
—Pat
Silver Linings Playbook
Silver Linings Playbook
“As one example out of many, take the public-school code of
honour, with its ‘team spirit’ and ‘Don’t hit a man when he’s down’, and
all the rest of that familiar bunkum. Who has not laughed at it? […] But it is a bit different when you meet somebody who laughs at it from the outside; just as we spend our lives in abusing England but grow very angry when we hear a foreigner saying exactly the same things. It is only when you meet someone of a different culture from yourself that you begin to realize what your own beliefs really are.” —George Orwell
honour, with its ‘team spirit’ and ‘Don’t hit a man when he’s down’, and
all the rest of that familiar bunkum. Who has not laughed at it? […] But it is a bit different when you meet somebody who laughs at it from the outside; just as we spend our lives in abusing England but grow very angry when we hear a foreigner saying exactly the same things. It is only when you meet someone of a different culture from yourself that you begin to realize what your own beliefs really are.” —George Orwell
