There's an excellent story about Norton in Neal Gaiman's Sandman: Fables and Reflections
Joshua Norton, Emperor of the United States
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Re: Joshua Norton, Emperor of the United States
#12Earlier quoted context omitted.
I hear that "The Power Broker", a biography of Moses and winner of the Pulitzer in 1974, is a fantastic read :) http://www.amazon.com/The-Power-Broker-Robert-Moses/dp/03947... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Power_Broker
Well, great. A 1300-page book available for under $15 plus international shipping... or as an audiobook, 66 hours long ( but free shipping!) for... $70? Something has gone deeply wrong in the market here. If only there were some way to convey three and a half pounds of information across the ocean in less than a month and for a reasonable price. :( Ironically, it seems to be easy to buy an ebook of cliffs notes to th…
If you're going to sully the Caro read with Cliff's Notes, you may as well just read the Wikipedia page.
Re: Joshua Norton, Emperor of the United States
#13There's an excellent story about Norton in Neal Gaiman's Sandman: Fables and Reflections
Absolutely. When I first read it, I thought it was awesome that Gaiman had so much imagination. I only learned later that Norton actually existed.
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#14I wonder if San Francisco would still work for things like this.
Probably the closest modern-day equivalent San Francisco has is Frank Chu, well-known protestor of 12 Galaxies fame. San Francisco still cherishes it's eccentrics. http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Chu
Though a lot of SF culture is disappearing in the current wave of gentrification.
Re: Joshua Norton, Emperor of the United States
#15Earlier quoted context omitted.
Well, great. A 1300-page book available for under $15 plus international shipping... or as an audiobook, 66 hours long ( but free shipping!) for... $70? Something has gone deeply wrong in the market here. If only there were some way to convey three and a half pounds of information across the ocean in less than a month and for a reasonable price. :( Ironically, it seems to be easy to buy an ebook of cliffs notes to th…
If you're going to sully the Caro read with Cliff's Notes, you may as well just read the Wikipedia page.
Obviously I'm not going to. I'm complaining that while the book itself is ludicrously difficult to buy, getting the cliffs notes is easy.
Re: Joshua Norton, Emperor of the United States
#16Being a Norton, I long ago heard about this guy. Though I have no idea why it's on priceonomics. This article contains less info than the wikipedia page. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Norton
Related to Edward Norton the actor?
Re: Joshua Norton, Emperor of the United States
#17After reading that my conclusion is that every city I've ever been in desperately needs an Emperor as benevolent as Norton.
Re: Joshua Norton, Emperor of the United States
#18Earlier quoted context omitted.
Probably the closest modern-day equivalent San Francisco has is Frank Chu, well-known protestor of 12 Galaxies fame. San Francisco still cherishes it's eccentrics. http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Chu
Though a lot of SF culture is disappearing in the current wave of gentrification.
I only know a little about the gentrification going on in SF, mostly from stories I've run across here on HN. Is it bad that a new culture is taking hold in SF, and why? (given that at some point in the past, a new culture had to take over in SF for the now disappearing culture to exist in the first place)
Re: Joshua Norton, Emperor of the United States
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Though a lot of SF culture is disappearing in the current wave of gentrification.
I only know a little about the gentrification going on in SF, mostly from stories I've run across here on HN. Is it bad that a new culture is taking hold in SF, and why? (given that at some point in the past, a new culture had to take over in SF for the now disappearing culture to exist in the first place)
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Re: Joshua Norton, Emperor of the United States
#20Earlier quoted context omitted.
Though a lot of SF culture is disappearing in the current wave of gentrification.
I only know a little about the gentrification going on in SF, mostly from stories I've run across here on HN. Is it bad that a new culture is taking hold in SF, and why? (given that at some point in the past, a new culture had to take over in SF for the now disappearing culture to exist in the first place)
Most of the united states has the same bland culture. San Francisco's was special, comparable to New Orleans in uniqueness I think. Though a lot of the rest of the country sees SF as being too liberal and would gladly see it fall in line with the bland sameness of everywhere else. Especially the flood of libertarian minded young white males.