January 2008
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“For one of those gnostics, the visible universe was an illusion or, more...”
– - Jorge Luis Borges, “Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius,” 1967
Death and Underachievement →
It is surely worth taking a few moments away from our quotidian busywork to step back and ask why we’re doing what we’re doing and whether doing it differently (or, more importantly, thinking about it differently) might improve the satisfaction we’re able to derive from our work and life. In his manifesto, Bennett is calling our attention to the ultimate futility and often self-defeating character...