The most terrifying fact about the universe is not that it is hostile but that it is indifferent; but if we can come to terms with this indifference and accept the challenges of life within the boundaries of death – however mutable man may be able to make them – our existence as a species can have genuine meaning and fulfillment. However vast the darkness, we must supply our own light.
Stanley Kubrick  (via seoulbrother)
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Wired for Hypocrisy

The neuroscience of hypocracy

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(Chinese) invisible cities « Smart People I Know
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YOUTUBE COMMENT OR E. E. CUMMINGS?

1. loog a his lirow nose

2. there is some shit I will not eat

3. LISN bud LISN

4. this i bad sorry to saY

5. leave her alone
she’s not your gal

6. She is Lucifierian !

7. THuNdeRB
loSSo!M iN

8. aThe):l

9. stunned. i. am. stunned. every question speaks to     us

10. What is nothing?

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e. e. cummings: 2, 3, 5, 7, 8

McSweeney’s Internet Tendency

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Overcoming Bias : Is beauty as much inequality as gender or ethnicity?
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Twitter’s detractors are used to sneering that nothing of value can be said in 140 characters,” Mr. Rusbridger wrote about his initial tweet. “My 104 characters did just fine.
Twitter and a Newspaper Untie a Gag Order
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THE ELECTRONIC BOOK BURNING

Alan Kaufman (Evergreen Review No. 120, October 2009)

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The Commercial Speech Arms Race
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Hysteria Watch: Missouri employs an eight person cougar response team despite having, apparently, zero cougars
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Finland Makes Broadband Access A Legal Right
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