Life is a series of sagas and liquid lunches

  “Life is just a series of peaks and troughs. And you don’t know whether you’re in a trough until you’re climbing out, or on a peak until you’re coming down. And that’s it you know, you never know what’s round the corner. But it’s all good.” 

― Ricky Gervais

Prague - Praha Art Experience

There's countless ways to identify a city, whether it be famous landmarks, geography, streetscapes or architectural style. But can you identify a city as seen from space?

Ross on magic, AI, and related topics (NYT): “…what we’re doing resembles a complex incantation, a calling of spirits from Shakespeare’s “vasty deep.””

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Does the moon deserve its own time zone? (NYT)  They fail to ask whether the moon also should have Daylight Savings Time

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A classic Thomas Sargent slide

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Derek Thompson on schools and teen mental health problems (Atlantic)