June 2012
34 posts
I do not know much about writing rap lyrics, but I’m guessing that most rappers...
– GZA and Neil deGrasse Tyson team up on a hip-hop record about science (via poptech)
of dead statesmen and poets. Here was a new generation, shouting
the old cries,...
– F. Scott Fitzgerald, “This Side of Paradise” (via dmjudd)
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Economics tried to model itself on Newtonian physics… But economics is a social...
– George Soros speech at the Festival of Economics in Trentino, Italy. (via ftalphaville)
May 2012
59 posts
It’s just so dull. Sadly, I just, ugh, God.
– California Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, on life at the Capitol. (via officialssay)
Omnivoracious: Summer Reading Lists Are Here →
aaknopf:
harperbooks:
The New York Times offers an eclectic list of books to read, ranging from an autobiographical pop culture read to a serious history of digital computers.
NPR did something interesting with their summer reading list. They had indie booksellers make the picks.
USA Today goes interactive with their picks.
The Wall Street Journal put out a well-chosen summer reading...