Postvacuous

Elizabeth Gilbert Versus Philip Roth: Is Writing Torture?

Points just for saying that becoming a writer is basically like converting to Judaism. Great piece by Avi Steinberg in The New Yorker.

discourseontheotter:

~Jacque Lacan

Reblogged from top

Can’t wait to try it

Tags: culturejam

Eric’s Trip – The New Inquiry

A lol-worthy revisiting of Orwell’s critique of language.

Tyler Clementi’s Suicide and Dharun Ravi’s Trial

A very dark and shockingly thorough account of the story of Tyler Clementi and Dharun Ravi’s time together as freshmen.

Really appreciated this talk by Anil Dash at Harvard’s Berkman Center about the way in which private and public policy shape the way that our data is shared. There’s definitely more to say regarding his use of the “wedding photos” metaphor, but a great talk overall.

Tags: policy privacy web berkman