From Jerome Rothenberg’s Pre-Faces and Other Writings: A Personal Manifesto (1966) I will change your mind; any means (= methods) to that end; to oppose the “devourers” = bureaucrats, system-makers, priests, etc. (W. Blake); “& if thou wdst understand that wch is me, know this: all that I have sd I have uttered playfully—& I was by no means ashamed of it.” (J. C. to disciples, The Acts of St. John) When I bought the book at Dog Eared Books in a visit to SF the bookseller told me ...| inkdroid
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I don’t know about you, but this presentation Tech Promised Everything. Did it deliver? by Scott Hanselman seemed to pop up all over the place for me recently, in podcasts and social media posts. At some point I initially watched about 1/2 of it, and stopped because although it seemed kind of sweet I couldn’t understand what the fuss was about. Then later after seeing it mentioned in another context I finished watching it. What follows will only make sense if you have seen it. If you have...| inkdroid
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We are sequential beings. Actions cannot be undone; life, as we experience it, cannot be reversed. The irreversibility of human life is the source of our pain and also our wonder. Spinoza’s Rooms by Madeliene Thien.| inkdroid
I recently finished Madeleine Thien’s The Book of Records and found this in the acknowledgements at the end: The Book of Records, guided by histories, letters, philosophies, poetry, mathematics and physics, is a work of the imagination. I am indebted to the library, and to librarians, archivists and translators, for their companionship and light–they are the steadfast keepers of the building made of time. I like how this blends the people and infrastructure of libraries and record keeping...| inkdroid
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