May 2013
39 posts
kottke.org: The three types of specialist →
jkottke:
From a passage of Kurt Vonnegut’s Bluebeard, the three types of specialists needed for the success of any revolution.
Slazinger claims to have learned from history that most people cannot open their minds to new ideas unless a mind-opening teams with a peculiar membership goes to work on them….
“Price is a public matter — a negotiation between supply and demand. A thing’s...”
– The difference between price and value – and other essential tools of cultivating a healthy relationship with money. (via explore-blog)
Clementine: This is it, Joel. It's going to be gone soon.
Joel: I know.
Clementine: What do we do?
Joel: Enjoy it.
“They mean one thing to one person, another thing to another person; they are...”
– Virginia Woolf on words. (via explore-blog)
April 2013
67 posts
“If you like the odd bits and pieces, I think I’ve got something else you might...”
– Understanding Understanding Owls by David Sedaris (via spanishexposition)
“It was not immediately obvious who Ellen was because we did not play any name...”
– Ten True Things by Miranda July (via spanishexposition)
