March 2012
9 posts
“Most of us, by the time we leave childhood, have repressed our vision of the...”
– Ernest Becker, The Denial of Death. This idea of necessary partialization is enormously useful in thinking about mental illness, socialization and maturation, art, everything. Later, Becker puts it more plainly:
When we say neurosis represents the truth of life we again mean that life is an...
February 2012
22 posts
“He knew that when he kissed this girl, and forever wed his unutterable visions...”
– F.S. Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby. (via la-cu-nae)
Kavinsky - Nightcall (Robotaki Remix)
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“To have something that gives you so much fulfillment that you can literally...”
– Et Musique Pour Tous
“I have the deepest affection for intellectual conversations. The ability to just...”
– (via tiffunnyyay)
“We do not believe in ourselves until someone reveals that deep inside us...”
– e.e. cummings (via nirvikalpa)
What's Up With "Schadenfreude"?
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How Companies Learn Your Secrets →
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By CHARLES DUHIGG NY Times, Published: February 16, 2012
Andrew Pole had just started working as a statistician for Target in 2002, when two colleagues from the marketing department stopped by his desk to ask an odd question: “If we wanted to figure out if a customer is pregnant, even if she didn’t want us to know, can you do that? ”
Pole has a master’s degree in...
i’m home in Oxnard visiting my parents for the long weekend. it’s been 18 days since i was accepted into Touro College of Pharmacy in New York, and its only really hitting me now that everything will change.
i measure my life in milestones. i distinctly remember the tone of my parents’ voice when i graduated college back in 2010. it wasn’t so much congratulatory as it...
“Listen to the mustn’ts, child. Listen to the don’ts. Listen to the shouldn’ts,...”
– Shel Silverstein (via optionsoflife)
