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(1/n) Several times I've tried to condense what my favourite articles are. I've never quite been able to come up with a list. It's constantly changing as I read more.
Here's a few articles that have shaped several of my ideas and thoughts over the years.
Here's a few articles that have shaped several of my ideas and thoughts over the years.
(2/n)1. Hiroshima by John Hersey:
I'd never read narrative work as engaging as this before. It opened up a whole new style of writing to me. I like to call it my first tryst with empathy. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1946/08/31/hiroshima
I'd never read narrative work as engaging as this before. It opened up a whole new style of writing to me. I like to call it my first tryst with empathy. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1946/08/31/hiroshima
(3/n) 2. The Empathy Exams by Leslie Jamison
An experience. There's nothing else to be said about this one. https://believermag.com/the-empathy-exams/
An experience. There's nothing else to be said about this one. https://believermag.com/the-empathy-exams/
(4/n) 3. Lost in Meritocracy by Walter Kirn
There's several things to take away from this one. But nothing prepared me for the punch in the stomach when it came to understanding the concept of knowledge in today's times. A beautiful piece! https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2005/01/lost-in-the-meritocracy/303672/?fbclid=IwAR14aE_mpQZJ32d3CnY7LKDyii4gVDvEdunUJbvBF-0T8HMzn6WPphutzko
There's several things to take away from this one. But nothing prepared me for the punch in the stomach when it came to understanding the concept of knowledge in today's times. A beautiful piece! https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2005/01/lost-in-the-meritocracy/303672/?fbclid=IwAR14aE_mpQZJ32d3CnY7LKDyii4gVDvEdunUJbvBF-0T8HMzn6WPphutzko
5/n The scammers gaming Indias overcrowded job market by @snigdhapoonam
Takes you on a journey detailing one of the most creative scams/jobs to exist in India.I personally liked the undertone of morality and its play with "majboori" in the larger narrative https://bit.ly/2lKkjm1
Takes you on a journey detailing one of the most creative scams/jobs to exist in India.I personally liked the undertone of morality and its play with "majboori" in the larger narrative https://bit.ly/2lKkjm1
6/n How Whatsapp Fuels Fake News And Violence In India by Timothy McLaughlin @WIRED
"If it is on the internet, then it must be true." -Gandhi
"Indians can live without oxygen but not without WhatsApp."
https://www.wired.com/story/how-whatsapp-fuels-fake-news-and-violence-in-india/?mbid=synd_digg
@facebook @WhatsApp
"If it is on the internet, then it must be true." -Gandhi
"Indians can live without oxygen but not without WhatsApp."
https://www.wired.com/story/how-whatsapp-fuels-fake-news-and-violence-in-india/?mbid=synd_digg
@facebook @WhatsApp
7/n The Art of Blooming Late by Kevin Every @HarvardBiz
Saved the best for last.Easiest and the most difficult read of em all. To not compare yourself to others, to be sure and have belief in your own work.After all, speed to success is overrated.
https://hbr.org/2019/05/the-art-of-blooming-late
Saved the best for last.Easiest and the most difficult read of em all. To not compare yourself to others, to be sure and have belief in your own work.After all, speed to success is overrated.
https://hbr.org/2019/05/the-art-of-blooming-late
8/n The Disadvantages of an Elite Education by @WDeresiewicz
Food for thought!
There's a necessity for introspection and to have a healthy capacity for risk. Brilliantly written! https://theamericanscholar.org/the-disadvantages-of-an-elite-education/?fbclid=IwAR0lfoaiEzxUNNYggE5wy4J7UUmyhrcPVwqPnT_ghB9rpNe9Y0khIrNExfU#.XNt6nBjhWyW
Food for thought!
There's a necessity for introspection and to have a healthy capacity for risk. Brilliantly written! https://theamericanscholar.org/the-disadvantages-of-an-elite-education/?fbclid=IwAR0lfoaiEzxUNNYggE5wy4J7UUmyhrcPVwqPnT_ghB9rpNe9Y0khIrNExfU#.XNt6nBjhWyW
Here's another masterpiece by @WDeresiewicz @TheAmScho
"In other people’s reality: for others, not for yourself. You are creating a cacophony in which it is impossible to hear your own voice, whether it’s yourself you’re thinking about or anything else."
https://theamericanscholar.org/solitude-and-leadership/#.XN7FjxhX6yU
"In other people’s reality: for others, not for yourself. You are creating a cacophony in which it is impossible to hear your own voice, whether it’s yourself you’re thinking about or anything else."
https://theamericanscholar.org/solitude-and-leadership/#.XN7FjxhX6yU
Next up is a beautifully written piece on how we can overcome hate. Makes me believe that empathy can bring us all together. The internal struggle to be better,to realize our shortcomings is to be human.
The Undercover Fascist by @edcaesar @NewYorker https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/05/27/the-undercover-fascist
The Undercover Fascist by @edcaesar @NewYorker https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/05/27/the-undercover-fascist
I really feel that @edcaesar's piece for the @NewYorker should be followed by the legendary Hannah Arendt essay.
Eichmann in Jerusalem part1 and part2.
Lest we forget.
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1963/02/16/eichmann-in-jerusalem-i
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1963/02/23/ii-eichmann-in-jerusalem
Eichmann in Jerusalem part1 and part2.
Lest we forget.
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1963/02/16/eichmann-in-jerusalem-i
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1963/02/23/ii-eichmann-in-jerusalem
Week 5.0
This week I want everyone to scrutinize the larger than life entrepreneurs.The article traces @WeWork and brings to fore the dangers of deifying any human.
Repeat after me" @elonmusk is human. @tim_cook is human. @JeffBezos is human"
http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/06/wework-adam-neumann.html
@NYMag
This week I want everyone to scrutinize the larger than life entrepreneurs.The article traces @WeWork and brings to fore the dangers of deifying any human.
Repeat after me" @elonmusk is human. @tim_cook is human. @JeffBezos is human"
http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/06/wework-adam-neumann.html
@NYMag
"I realized it was not that remarkable for a person to understand what another person needed."
So beautifully written.
The Crane Wife by @safe_as_hauses
https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2019/07/16/the-crane-wife/
@parisreview
So beautifully written.
The Crane Wife by @safe_as_hauses
https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2019/07/16/the-crane-wife/
@parisreview
A riveting read by Kira Bolonik for @NYMag https://www.thecut.com/2019/07/bruce-hay-paternity-trap-maria-pia-shuman-mischa-haider.html
Fascinating piece. The murkiness of the art world out for everyone to see.
Can forgeries be considered art?
https://magazine.atavist.com/masterpiece-theater-art-forgery-picasso-geert-jan-jansen
@atavist and Anna Altman!
Can forgeries be considered art?
https://magazine.atavist.com/masterpiece-theater-art-forgery-picasso-geert-jan-jansen
@atavist and Anna Altman!
https://www.wired.com/story/why-are-rich-people-so-mean/?utm_brand=tny&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=facebook&mbid=social_cp_fb_tny&utm_medium=social
Just brilliant. RAS.
@WIRED
Just brilliant. RAS.
@WIRED
https://www.thenation.com/article/the-way-we-eat-now-bee-wilson-review/
Thank you @Shreyas_Shende9 for a great recommendation.
The word that comes to mind is entitlement xD
@thenation
Thank you @Shreyas_Shende9 for a great recommendation.
The word that comes to mind is entitlement xD
@thenation
There's not much left to say about @elonmusk. Or is there?
@WIRED https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musk-tesla-life-inside-gigafactory/?mbid=social_facebook&utm_brand=wired&utm_campaign=falcon&utm_medium=social&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=facebook
@WIRED https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musk-tesla-life-inside-gigafactory/?mbid=social_facebook&utm_brand=wired&utm_campaign=falcon&utm_medium=social&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=facebook
Feel good read. :') https://www.bicycling.com/rides/a30458648/heart-transplant-recipient-rides-1426-miles-to-meet-donors-family/
19/n
This isn't a simple long article. I'm changing the rules to include this one very special book.
Our Moon Has Blood Clots by @rahulpandita makes me feel cold and numb. There's so much pain. I hope the Kashmiri Pandits are able to return home someday. http://penguin.co.in/thepenguindigest/our-moon-has-blood-clots/
This isn't a simple long article. I'm changing the rules to include this one very special book.
Our Moon Has Blood Clots by @rahulpandita makes me feel cold and numb. There's so much pain. I hope the Kashmiri Pandits are able to return home someday. http://penguin.co.in/thepenguindigest/our-moon-has-blood-clots/
20/n
@Austen Allred or Austen caught red handed xD
But again we're all just humans. Sigh.
NY Mag with another cracker of a story.
@LambdaSchool @NYMag https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/02/lambda-schools-job-placement-rate-is-lower-than-claimed.html
@Austen Allred or Austen caught red handed xD
But again we're all just humans. Sigh.
NY Mag with another cracker of a story.
@LambdaSchool @NYMag https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/02/lambda-schools-job-placement-rate-is-lower-than-claimed.html
"26 five-minute miles in a row, that whisper can turn into a scream. Walmsley’s long-shot chance —his intangible advantage—is that running has always been his path away from pain.He knows what real suffering feels like.He has yet to find it in a race."
Uff https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/11/magazine/ultrarunning-marathon-olympics.html
Uff https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/11/magazine/ultrarunning-marathon-olympics.html
Hard hitting. @TheCut @emrata https://www.thecut.com/article/emily-ratajkowski-owning-my-image-essay.html?utm_medium=s1&utm_campaign=nym&utm_source=tw&fbclid=IwAR0-NRCpiJQeJ53mlfRycO7b0W_IFh2t8QKot6iN9rxeZ1EScEyX8paGtB4&fbclid=IwAR1lrzHbtRWGrvsNkpoiPKRB6t89PjhZ3GASSL9WqnJenVvfiW2TU94YlXA&__twitter_impression=true
It's been a while but I revisited this today. Here's Dostoevsky's letter on the day he was sentenced to death.
https://archive.org/stream/dostoevskyletter00dostuoft/dostoevskyletter00dostuoft_djvu.txt
https://archive.org/stream/dostoevskyletter00dostuoft/dostoevskyletter00dostuoft_djvu.txt