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The Young Jews of New York
Nearly five months in New York, and I feel like I’ve started to get acquainted with some of the social worlds humming and shifting in this city. The civic technologists, urban planners, activists, med students, jewish philanthropists, and orthodox. Getting… Continue reading
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Some “Infinite Jest” Theories (Spoiler Alert)
I finally finished David Foster Wallace’s Infinite Jest last weekend. An excellent book, although that’s no secret. DFW did an excellent job threading exposition into narrative, giving endless hints but rarely declaring anything explicitly. I’ve found as much joy having… Continue reading
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Against Music
Listening to music on a music player is like taking hits of a drug. You seek out some feeling, delivered on-demand from the little device hooked up to your ears. How is this different from any other drug? Our music players… Continue reading
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Shifting Perceptions, Shifting Personality
It’s interesting, noticing the ways our environments shape us. I’ve begun working at an office, a pretty classy kind of place. Smart people, sharp dressers, hard workers. When I got there, I went on a full-scale charm offensive — trying… Continue reading
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Powerless
Someone stole my laptop charger yesterday. In an unusual twist of dramatic ambience, I was literally powerless. What an apt metaphor for my first three weeks in New York. I’ve been making it mostly on luck, some savings, the goodwill… Continue reading
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“The Slide”
“It was a slide. The biggest slide I had ever known. It towered above the ground, above my three-, five-, six-year-old self like a mountain. The slide was wide — my sisters and I could all slide at once. There… Continue reading
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The Year Abroad Book Review
For those of you just tuning in, I recently wrapped up a year-long trip around the world. It was a very intellectually adventurous period: being outside the boundaries of the university for the first time, and free to follow my… Continue reading
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This Week in Links: On Hiaitus
Hey everyone, After a bit of reflection I’ve decided to put the “This Week in Links” feature on pause for a while. It was starting to appear that a weekly feature of this sort would quickly crowd out all the… Continue reading
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Unpacking an Adage
People always say you learn more from your failures than your successes. But they never say why, which I always found vaguely disappointing. It just supposed to “feel” truthful, right, for some reason we can’t quite pin down. But here’s… Continue reading
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This Week in Links: September 15th – 21st
And, here we are. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/national/black-budget/ A beautiful interactive Washington Post feature explaining the USA’s secretive “Black Budget” for military intelligence programs. Part of the Snowden revelations, this information is worth skimming over. http://www.economist.com/blogs/economist-explains/2013/09/economist-explains-itself-3 A blog post on “The Economist” explaining… Continue reading
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