The Elucidated Brethren of the Ebon Night
The Heroic Vision Over shadowy spires and gleaming towers lay the ghostly darkness and silence that runs before dawn. Into a dim alley, one of… Read More »The Elucidated Brethren of the Ebon Night
The Heroic Vision Over shadowy spires and gleaming towers lay the ghostly darkness and silence that runs before dawn. Into a dim alley, one of… Read More »The Elucidated Brethren of the Ebon Night
A Jakarta alleyway at 36 degrees centigrade, 65% humidity. DRIVERLESSCROC: Glances at sky. It’s hot. DELIVERYMAN: Squints upwards. Grins at DC. You keep getting redder,… Read More »Seeing and Describing (Jakarta Edition)
I’ve found this distinction helpful in conversation recently – maybe you will too. I am using bullshit in the same sense that the philosopher Harry… Read More »David Pinsof on bullshitters vs liars
Paul Graham on Heresy and Truth In his excellent biography of Newton, Richard Westfall writes about the moment when he was elected a fellow of… Read More »Heresy; Bambi