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the effect of a subdued unchangeable sceptical smile, of all expressions the most tyrannous over a susceptible mind, and, when accompanied by adequate silence, likely to create the reputation of an invincible understanding, an infinite fund of humour – too dry to flow, and probably in a state of immovable crust, – and a critical judgment which, if

George Eliot • Middlemarch

In my head, the critics and the crowd were one and the same.

Amanda Palmer • The Art of Asking: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Let People Help

WePresent | Meet Glen Baxter and step into his surreal world

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This Be The Verse BY PHILIP LARKIN They fuck you up, your mum and dad. They may not mean to, but they do. They fill you with the faults they had And add some extra, just for you. But they were fucked up in their turn By fools in old-style hats and coats, Who half the time were soppy-stern And half at one anothe... See more

In the end, I only believe in Siddhartha Gautama and Bertrand Russell. And although I’ve published many things indicating otherwise, I believe the only truly original artists of the last one hundred odd years are Vladimir Nabokov and Patricia Highsmith.

Tyrant Books • Essays and Fictions

It’s impressive that in 2022, when it feels like everything we’re doing is being mined, lumped into categories, catapulted back at us in the form of ads and content, the world is being NFT-ified, yada yada yada—that you can still fall down rabbit holes on the internet and discover something no algorithm has found. A sound and scene that’s still lea... See more

No Bells • Deep-internet bubbles: How microgenres are taking over SoundCloud

Linchpin

Linchpin: Are You Indispensable?

Book by Seth Godin

Linchpin challenges you to stand up, do work that matters and race to the top instead of the bottom.

stev • 6 cards

Death of the Follower & the Future of Creativity on the Web

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To quote Leith again, ‘You will never get more people reading the second half of your article than read the first.’