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AUSTIN KLEON: William Carlos Williams on the freedom of keeping your day job
AUSTIN KLEON: William Carlos Williams on the freedom of keeping your day job austinkleon: In his Autobiography, William Carlos Williams recounts what led him to pursue medicine as a career: No one was ever going to be in a position to tell me what to write, and you can say that again. No one, and…
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AUSTIN KLEON: William Carlos Williams on the freedom of keeping your day job
AUSTIN KLEON: William Carlos Williams on the freedom of keeping your day job austinkleon: In his Autobiography, William Carlos Williams recounts what led him to pursue medicine as a career: No one was ever going to be in a position to tell me what to write, and you can say that again. No one, and…
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thenewinquiry: Contemporary strivers lack the tools that people in the past used to differentiate themselves from their peers: They live in a post-virtue, post-religion, post-aristocracy age. They lack the skills or inspiration to create something of genuine worth. They have been conditioned to find all but the most conventional and compromised politics worthy of contempt.…
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thenewinquiry: Contemporary strivers lack the tools that people in the past used to differentiate themselves from their peers: They live in a post-virtue, post-religion, post-aristocracy age. They lack the skills or inspiration to create something of genuine worth. They have been conditioned to find all but the most conventional and compromised politics worthy of contempt.…
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A passionate kiss acts like a drug, causing us to crave the other person thanks to a neurotransmitter called dopamine. This is the same substance involved in taking illegal substances such as cocaine, which is why the novelty of a new romance can feel so addictive. Dopamine is involved in sensations of reward, making us…
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A passionate kiss acts like a drug, causing us to crave the other person thanks to a neurotransmitter called dopamine. This is the same substance involved in taking illegal substances such as cocaine, which is why the novelty of a new romance can feel so addictive. Dopamine is involved in sensations of reward, making us…
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In addition to aesthetics, McCarthy noted a deeper link between great science and great writing. “Both involve curiosity, taking risks, thinking in an adventurous manner, and being willing to say something 9/10ths of people will say is wrong.” Profound insights in both domains also tend [to] arise from a source beyond the limits of analytic…
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In addition to aesthetics, McCarthy noted a deeper link between great science and great writing. “Both involve curiosity, taking risks, thinking in an adventurous manner, and being willing to say something 9/10ths of people will say is wrong.” Profound insights in both domains also tend [to] arise from a source beyond the limits of analytic…
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