“Until now, civilization has continued to wager its future on the proposition that technology always will solve the problem, whatever the problem might be.” —David Fromkin, The Way of the World (1998) This quotation is a little old, but I think it’s still relevant today. While cleaning out my bookshelf I found this book from …
As part of the Lowell Lecture series, Arthur Frommer (of travel book fame) discussed the best (and worst) travel trends today.
Dear Twitter followers, friends who’ve been randomly reading this & other readers, I keep seeing this Levi’s commercial on TV. It stops me every time. Probably because it’s targeted for people just like me: 20-something hipsters who listen to music, like to hang out with friends, live freely and spend money on clothing. Um, awesome. …
Yesterday I went to a lecture/reading of Jonathan Safran Foer’s new book Eating Animals. Besides saying “novels are useless,” he had a lot of intelligent, clever & funny things to say about vegetarianism. Though he’s a big advocate for vegetarianism, he did say his main thesis is to believe strongly in your convictions—whatever they are. …