Lolita — Vladimir Nabokov

This is the fictional autobiography of one Humbert Humbert, written in his jail cell near the end of his life. He is very erudite and quite engaging despite being unhealthily obsessed with young girls. He falls in love with the … Continue reading

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Are you surrounded by fools and…

Are you surrounded by fools and non-entities, by boring people … creeps, stuck-up snobs, bubbleheaded party kids, smug assholes, and, indeed, jerks? If this is how the world regularly looks to you, then I have bad news. Likely, you are the jerk. getpocket.com/explore/item/how-to-tell-if-you-re-a…
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How to buy gifts that people actually…

How to buy gifts that people actually want.
www.willpatrick.co.uk/articles/how-to-buy-gifts-th…

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Elizabeth Anderson: argues for a…

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Elizabeth Anderson: argues for a progressive work ethic ⁦@philosopher1923www.thephilosopher1923.org/essay-anderson

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I have three of these excellent books….

I have three of these excellent books. Would love to have 72 more! twitter.com/BWB_NZ/status/1337187465979781120

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I wish we were more nuanced in how we…

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I wish we were more nuanced in how we judge people. People are a complex mix of traits–acquired, inherited, deep, shallow, self-cultivated, and self-deplored. We should praise their good ones and discourage their bad ones, not rush to a binary judgement of the whole person.

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This is going to sound…

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This is going to sound counter-intuitive, but If a choice is difficult, you probably don’t need to worry about it.
Here’s why medium.com/the-philosophical-inquirer/why-you-make…

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Flogging a dead horse that keeps asking…

Flogging a dead horse that keeps asking to be flogged twitter.com/GregStohr/status/1336434603842826244

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The NZ Covid Tracer app source code is…

The NZ Covid Tracer app source code is here: github.com/minhealthnz/nzcovidtracer-app
and some nice documentation too: github.com/minhealthnz/nzcovidtracer-docs

Please use the app! There are good reasons to use it, and no good reasons not to.

#COVID19 #OpenSource

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