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Seeing Roger Waters performing the entirety of The Wall in 2013 was nothing short of life-changing for me

I suppose earlier generations had to sit through all this huffing and puffing with the invention of television, the phone, cinema, radio, the car, the bicycle, printing, the wheel …

>And her given first name [...] is Lantian, meaning blue sky in Mandarin I love this

Maybe they're talking about the Tolkien references (just kidding)

He is not. He gave some controversial statements, that's true, but "diehard worshiper" is simply false. > "The invasion of Ukraine by the Russian Federation was illegal. I condemn …

Best summary of Jaynes' theories: https://slatestarcodex.com/2020/06/01/book-review-origin-of-...

The gold standard of Icelanders Sagas is: https://sagas.is/vara.php (love for the little old website). It's complete, as it contains all the sagas and tales. This is a good selecti…

Every time I read some Alan Moore interview, I find myself agreeing with him. Also his masterclass on writing was great to listen to, and I'm not interested in writing. His ideas a…

A different Ataraxia: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nHKqvc54TVjIEe...

Impossible to pick one... best I can do is five-ish, all fiction: The Odyssey; David Copperfield; Moby-Dick; Anna Karenina; Borges' short stories, in particular Ficciones & The Ale…

Some related links: - Emily Wilson insights on some of her translations: https://www.emilyrcwilson.com/emilyrcwilson-scholia - Compare a few passages from the Odyssey: https://www.…

I too, like the author, read (almost) everything Dickens wrote a couple of years ago. Definitely the best of times.

You can still see the trailer everywhere on youtube, e.g. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NA5ydinNXiE