Welcome to Friday,
Let’s get right to the links, on this first weekend of 2022.
The most interesting links this week:
“Yet the gods linger to remind us that the genius of the world does not originate within ourselves, but is hidden in every part of the world, if we are willing to let it dawn on us.” A stirring reminder from Simon Sarris about the causes and movements larger than us.
A copywriter takes a year off social media. The results are surprising (and good news for those of us less enamored by social media).
The excellent Arthur Brooks with an excellent reminder: Take Your Own Advice.
The effervescent (had to) history of champagne, including Dom Perignon’s perfection of creating the light colored wine from black grapes, fencing masks, and the many legal regulations involved in making the world’s most famous wine.
An unusual story about the remarkable “art of memory,” in which scholars used architecture and mnemonic devices to memorize thousands of works before the invention of the printing press.
Currently reading: The History of the Church by Eusebius (Penguin Classics Edition)
Have a wonderful weekend.
