The Best Books I Read In March
I honestly think we wouldn’t have mass shootings in America if everyone read this book.
Gawker
Here’s The Technique That Ambitious People Use To Get What They Want
We tell ourselves we don’t have time to prepare too much because we have other things going on, or we tell ourselves we’re not going to prepare because we haven’t been paid yet.
You Won’t Be Able To Sue The Next Gawker
It’s fine to disagree with Gawker. They certainly have screwed up sometimes, but there’s a reason we made freedom of the press, the first amendment. Why can’t Silicon Valley counter speech with speech?
Daily Beast Outing Of Olympic Athletes Is Gay-Shaming, Not Journalism
On Thursday, in a move that feels much more at home at gossip-sites like Gawker, Daily Beast reporter Nico “straight-with-a-wife-and-child-and-me-thinks-he-doth-protest-too-much” Hines, published a piece of clickbait, titled, “I Got Three Grindr Dates in an Hour in the Olympic Village.”
29 Lessons I Learned From Tyler Cowen About Money, Learning, And Life
Don’t worry as much about disruption and chaos—it might simply mean interesting things are happening—fear stability and complacency because it means decay.
Social Media Is Filled With Trashy ‘News’ And It’s Your Fault
We get tired of real life stories. Real life is harsh, complicated, and requires us to stop and think. So instead, we immerse ourselves in a fantasy land of celebrity slideshows and sped-up cooking videos.
The Relationship Between ‘Talk’ And ‘Work’ Is That One Kills The Other
How To Survive The Holidays Based On Which ‘Clue’ Character You Become When Drunk
Is Miss Universe Sexist Or Feminist?
In the Philippines beauty pageants are welcomed with enthusiastic fervor comparable to that of an Olympic competition. I will even venture to say Filipinos are obsessed with pageants and I don’t exaggerate.
Loki, Coyote, Jack Sparrow, …Donald Trump? The Orange Fox As A Modern Trickster
“Trump is appealing not in spite of his poor character and trickster qualities, but because of them. Supporters of Trump admire his disregard for social rules, finding him entertaining and honest rather than bigoted and offensive. He serves the cathartic purpose of the trickster by saying and doing things in a public forum that most people are not willing to do themselves.”
