Welcome to the weekend,
I am enjoying the long holiday weekend spending time with family and catching up on reading.
Here is the best from the Internet this week, with not a turkey or Black Friday special to be found:
In revisiting this interview with David Perell and Tyler Cowen, I was struck by Cowen’s strategies for choosing what to work on, understanding opposing views, and why he only eats three bites of ice cream for dessert.
A beautiful setting for reading classics online – Library Athena.
How the ban on D.H. Lawrence’s Lady Chatterley’s Lover was reversed in Britain. Unsurprisingly, the ban had less to do with the contents of the book, and more to do with who was reading it.
On Dutch astronomer Anton Pannekoek’s approach to stars and the perception of reality.
“He was transferred to North Dakota.” A blast from the past on the portrayal of North Dakota in media, the state’s claims to “fame,” and why it’s still considered the Yukon of the lower forty-eight.
Currently reading: The Death of Expertise by Tom Nichols
Have a lovely weekend.
Have a creative weekend.
