(Oh, another book I have to get!) Then, Amazon tells me that I bought it a few weeks after it was published. (Oh, well, then what about Evil Geniu---) Nope! You have that one too.
Kurt Anderson: another victim of my personal Kindle Black Hole! I need one of those Matrix plugs where they can just INSERT things into your brain, like how to fly a helicopter. Or maybe his books were victims of my early 2021 purge of all books having to do with politics and the United States in general. (He wrote, while in the middle of "The Storm Is Upon Us: How QAnon Became a Movement, Cult, and Conspiracy Theory of Everything.") I need help, and a team of readers!
I used to. I must confess that the quarantine has been bad for that. I'm dreaming of a time when the situation isn't as urgent and I can read more, especially books that are not about all this stuff. Kurt's books are VERY good...the ideas are great but he's also just a fantastic writer.
Oh how I enjoyed listening to this! Since the statistic of self awareness seems to be at 10-15%, we’ll need a constant reevaluation of reality…forever! You give us a generous access to your self-reflective brain 👍. The onion reference; how to we Google that? Without self-reflection, most of society can’t be aware of American selling of addiction. BUT, it’s like that latest finding that homosexuality actually strengthens the reproductive system…we can’t predict the future. Can’t believe that is reassuring to me now. I also heard the interview; w. Boehert (sp?). Am I right in kind of assuming Vanity Fair and Atlantic have assumed the NYTimes loooong, articles of the past? Full page analysis of W. Bush’s for example. That I HIGHLIGHTED and finally got my husband to be nauseated by the Republican ways? I want to subscribe to a paper copy of something but I have literally NO time. These interviews hit the mark with my questions, & energy. DYNAMITE! I think I’m over my summer collapse…. I literally could not find my “desperate to know” mode. Needed to turn it off for awhile. Thank you.
I've subscribed to Vanity Fair for years, maybe decades, but the past few years, I've found myself just giving it to my mom without having read it. There really IS no time anymore! I have had a practice of reading at least 1-2 hours before going to sleep at night, so that helps, but sometimes I want a 36 hour day, but most times I don't. Work fills its time, no matter how many hours you have, it seems.
I wish I had more time to read. I always feel like I'm behind the eight ball, and will never finish what I want to. Very frustrating. I think Twitter has changed the way my brain works. Or maybe it's just me getting older...
It might also be helpful for me if I could track an audiobook, but I never seem to be able to. Podcasts are no problem, but books just don't take. I have a Twitter account only so I can see things that I'm directed to. If I spend too long there I can feel the cesspool trying to drown me. I've found it easier to stay within a bubble (echo chamber) of like-minded people, and as long as I'm AWARE I'm in a bubble, I feel OK with it. Other "voices" don't really seem to have much to say anymore that makes any sense to me. I DO, once in a while, go on a tear through YouTube comments, but that's just for my own sick amusement! 🤪 The challenge is to make arguments with people WITHOUT using whataboutism as an argument. It keeps my brain going.
Interesting comment, especially about magazines, echo chamber of like minded people. When people tell me I’m in a bubble on twitter, I respond, “Yes, I know. I picked them. They can think.” Maybe not bubble but “skill set?”
Wow. That’s a thought. How has twitter changed the way my brain works? What an interesting question. It is a different demand from reading as life giving.
One more comment; I don’t read for pleasure much now as I used to. Greg, what your articles and podcasts give me is a sense of that…the excitement of being able to allow a question that arises in my mind to take me somewhere in the writing or listening. I think it’s what I mean by real substance. I just finished the Great Gatsby on command from a granddaughter project. Pure pleasure. I actually look forward to your articles and interviews. There’s depth…not fakery but from your own natural curiosity. That’s what I meant by thanks for allowing us into your brain. It’s so interesting in there.
Please keep writing. The only way we’re going to get out of this is by having brilliant people write about so we all know.
Thanks. I intend to!
My afternoon will be spent listening to the podcast. And I MUST get both of those books! Thank you!
(Oh, another book I have to get!) Then, Amazon tells me that I bought it a few weeks after it was published. (Oh, well, then what about Evil Geniu---) Nope! You have that one too.
Kurt Anderson: another victim of my personal Kindle Black Hole! I need one of those Matrix plugs where they can just INSERT things into your brain, like how to fly a helicopter. Or maybe his books were victims of my early 2021 purge of all books having to do with politics and the United States in general. (He wrote, while in the middle of "The Storm Is Upon Us: How QAnon Became a Movement, Cult, and Conspiracy Theory of Everything.") I need help, and a team of readers!
Greg must read awfully fast and often. I’m amazed frankly.
I used to. I must confess that the quarantine has been bad for that. I'm dreaming of a time when the situation isn't as urgent and I can read more, especially books that are not about all this stuff. Kurt's books are VERY good...the ideas are great but he's also just a fantastic writer.
Oh how I enjoyed listening to this! Since the statistic of self awareness seems to be at 10-15%, we’ll need a constant reevaluation of reality…forever! You give us a generous access to your self-reflective brain 👍. The onion reference; how to we Google that? Without self-reflection, most of society can’t be aware of American selling of addiction. BUT, it’s like that latest finding that homosexuality actually strengthens the reproductive system…we can’t predict the future. Can’t believe that is reassuring to me now. I also heard the interview; w. Boehert (sp?). Am I right in kind of assuming Vanity Fair and Atlantic have assumed the NYTimes loooong, articles of the past? Full page analysis of W. Bush’s for example. That I HIGHLIGHTED and finally got my husband to be nauseated by the Republican ways? I want to subscribe to a paper copy of something but I have literally NO time. These interviews hit the mark with my questions, & energy. DYNAMITE! I think I’m over my summer collapse…. I literally could not find my “desperate to know” mode. Needed to turn it off for awhile. Thank you.
I've subscribed to Vanity Fair for years, maybe decades, but the past few years, I've found myself just giving it to my mom without having read it. There really IS no time anymore! I have had a practice of reading at least 1-2 hours before going to sleep at night, so that helps, but sometimes I want a 36 hour day, but most times I don't. Work fills its time, no matter how many hours you have, it seems.
I wish I had more time to read. I always feel like I'm behind the eight ball, and will never finish what I want to. Very frustrating. I think Twitter has changed the way my brain works. Or maybe it's just me getting older...
It might also be helpful for me if I could track an audiobook, but I never seem to be able to. Podcasts are no problem, but books just don't take. I have a Twitter account only so I can see things that I'm directed to. If I spend too long there I can feel the cesspool trying to drown me. I've found it easier to stay within a bubble (echo chamber) of like-minded people, and as long as I'm AWARE I'm in a bubble, I feel OK with it. Other "voices" don't really seem to have much to say anymore that makes any sense to me. I DO, once in a while, go on a tear through YouTube comments, but that's just for my own sick amusement! 🤪 The challenge is to make arguments with people WITHOUT using whataboutism as an argument. It keeps my brain going.
Interesting comment, especially about magazines, echo chamber of like minded people. When people tell me I’m in a bubble on twitter, I respond, “Yes, I know. I picked them. They can think.” Maybe not bubble but “skill set?”
Steve B, if you are inclined to follow me, my twitter name is Chopinsheart. I like the way you describe your reading experience.
Wow. That’s a thought. How has twitter changed the way my brain works? What an interesting question. It is a different demand from reading as life giving.
Thanks! I'm glad you liked. Here is the Onion link:
https://www.theonion.com/u-s-dept-of-retro-warns-we-may-be-running-out-of-pas-1819564513
One more comment; I don’t read for pleasure much now as I used to. Greg, what your articles and podcasts give me is a sense of that…the excitement of being able to allow a question that arises in my mind to take me somewhere in the writing or listening. I think it’s what I mean by real substance. I just finished the Great Gatsby on command from a granddaughter project. Pure pleasure. I actually look forward to your articles and interviews. There’s depth…not fakery but from your own natural curiosity. That’s what I meant by thanks for allowing us into your brain. It’s so interesting in there.