fun in new york city

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Tad’s mission in life is to have more fun than anyone else in New York City, and this involves a lot of moving around, since there is always the likelihood that where you aren’t is more fun than where you are. Jay McInerney, Bright Lights, Big City

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Black Swans being unpredictable, we (rather than naively try to need to adjust to their existence predict them). There are do if we focus on antiknowledge, or what we do so many things we can other benefits, you can not know. set yourself Among many up to collect serendipitous Black Swans lof the positive kind) … Read More

umberto eco’s antilibrary

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T he writer Umberto Eco belongs to that small class of scholars who are encyclopedic, insightful, and nondull. He is the owner of a large per- sonal library (containing thirty thousand books), and separates visi- tors into two categories: those who react with “Wow! Signore professore dottore Eco, what a library you have! How many … Read More

tinkering

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Black Swans being unpredictable, we need to adjust to their existence (rather than naively try to predict them). There are so many things we can do if we focus on antiknowledge, or what we do not know. Among many other benefits, you can set yourself up to collect serendipitous Black Swans (of the positive kind) … Read More