Is life a problem to be solved, with happiness awaiting those who solve it? No. And…no. In fact, “optimizing one’s life and business is actually a formula for misery.”
“Is Political Art the Only Art That Matters Now?” A more appropriate question, after reading the article, is “Does Anyone Care About Spoiled Artists’ Temper Tantrums?”
“Our culture leans so sharply toward the social that those who wander into the wild are lucky if they’re only considered weird.” Michael Harris on solitude.
“[S]ince the modern world is incapable of leaving a decent technology alone without trying to improve it, there are a number of apps which seek to refine the reading experience.” No, really.
Ted Geltner on “the hell-raising, bar-brawling, whiskey-swilling Southern Gothic novelist and freewheeling literary journalist who originated a new strain of literature known as Grit Lit.”
