Thinker of the Coronary heart: The Stressed Lifetime of Søren Kierkegaard by Clare Carlisle. When you’ve been following the location lengthy sufficient, you’ll know that Kierkegaard is one in all my favourite philosophers. Primarily based on studying his texts, I deduced that Kierkegaard was an odd duck. Studying Clare Carlisle’s biography of Kierkegaard solely cemented that impression. Kierkegaard was an anxious and self-conscious man who couldn’t decide to his fiancée. Why couldn’t he? I nonetheless don’t perceive after studying excerpts from his diary. But there’s one thing relatable about this bizarre, neurotic man wrestling with life’s large questions; whereas he wasn’t successful any character contests, his struggles with religion, authenticity, and nervousness really feel startlingly trendy. An interesting portrait that makes you notice that even those that have a robust bead on what life’s all about can nonetheless be messy people.
A Eulogy to Running a blog. Ribbonfarm, a weblog authored by Venkat Rao that I’ve adopted for practically 15 years and has been round for 17, was retired just lately. Rao’s farewell submit is each eulogy and evaluation of the weblog period (2000-2020). He argues that financial macro elements throughout that point, significantly low rates of interest, created an financial setting that allowed for a vibrant open net. The post-COVID financial system and digital market have created what he calls the “cozyweb.” As an alternative of a public sq., the web is turning into small nodes of Discords and paywalled websites. It’s a meditation on the loss of life of the blogosphere.
Roka glasses. Currently, my contacts have been bugging me. I’ve been sporting them much less and fewer whereas sporting my glasses increasingly. One factor that stored me from sporting my glasses on a regular basis was my exercise; they’d slip off my face as I began to sweat. So I went on the lookout for glasses you possibly can work out in and got here throughout Roka. Their glasses are light-weight and keep put in your face even once you’re sweating buckets. Whereas they’re dear, they’re a game-changer for energetic of us who want their glasses to work as exhausting as they do. Plus, not like typical efficiency eyewear, they really look ok for the workplace. They’ve acquired completely different kinds. I went with the Falcon aviator body as a Eighties homage to mustached bodybuilder Mike Mentzer. My youngsters say the glasses give them Jeffery Dahmer vibes. Nothing like a few adolescents to maintain you humble.
Stagecoach. This 1939 masterpiece isn’t simply the movie that launched John Wayne to stardom — it’s the Western that redefined what Westerns could possibly be. In director John Ford’s arms, Monument Valley serves as not solely a surprising backdrop, however the good stage for 9 strangers confronting their demons whereas outrunning Apaches in a rickety stagecoach. Removed from a easy shoot-’em-up, it’s a personality examine disguised as an motion movie, with every passenger’s redemption arc as rocky because the terrain. Maintain a watch out for Yakima Canutt’s legendary stunt work within the chase sequence — it’s nonetheless jaw-dropping 80+ years later. A real milestone in American cinema that hasn’t misplaced an oz. of energy.
Quote of the Week
It has been effectively mentioned that no man ever sank underneath the burden of the day. It’s when tomorrow’s burden is added to the burden of immediately that the burden is greater than a person can bear.
—George MacDonald
