David Foster Wallace on Ambition, Animated
Maria Popova, brainpickings.org“If your fidelity to perfectionism is too high, you never do anything.”On March 4, 1996, WNYC’s Leonard Lopate sat down with David Foster Wallace — cultural critic, articulator of the ineffable, tragic prophet of the meaning o…
True heroism is minutes, hours, weeks, year upon year of the quiet, precise, judicious exercise of probity and care — with no one there to see or cheer. This is the world.
David Foster Wallace in The Pale King
Song: “Slow Revolution” by Alexi Murdoch
Это реальный скриншот сайта wordpress.ru :-)
Интересно, это русские редакторы так прикололись?
fistylo, youtube.com
Two wise men on stage.
The Dark Side of Big Data
Nassim N. Taleb, wired.comWired Opinion from Nassim N. Taleb (of Black Swan fame): “Big data may mean more information, but it also means more false information.”
Nassim N. Taleb
Чудный рейтинг.
What’s Inside America’s Banks?
Megan Garber, theatlantic.comThe financial crisis had many causes—too much borrowing, foolish investments, misguided regulation—but at its core, the panic resulted from a lack of transparency. The reason no one wanted to lend to or trade with the banks durin…
RT @longreads: “What’s Inside America’s Banks?” @FrankPartnoy, @eisingerj, @TheAtlantic on the risks http://flip.it/X6AtX #longreads
