merry Christmas!
Dear Annie,
Merry Christmas!
Compiled here are eighteen of my favorite pieces of long-ish form writing.
I think the articles contain amazement, wonder, disgust, anger, confusion, excitement, sadness, analytical frustration, perspective and surprise. To quote an email sent out asking for suggestions, I picked articles that:
1) Are read-able in less than an hour
2) Teach you something new
3) Make you go "woah, I see the world differently."
Many of these I had read before - and can remember exactly where I was sitting when I read them. Many others I found while looking for articles for this project - and I can attest to having spent a long, long time happily lost in amazing writing as a result.
I think you will love Pearls Before Breakfast. I think the hardest one to get through is The End of History, shortly followed by The Future of History. I think the opening lines of And Then Steve Said, Let There Be an iPhone will strike closest to home (depending when you read it). I think you will enjoy applying your Fed knowledge to Wall Street on The Tundra. I wonder what you will think of Dehumanized. I'm a little worried that Consider the Lobster will turn you into a full-on vegetarian.
I have no idea which one you will like most. And that is what I love about you.
Happy reading!
Ben
*If you're reading this, Seth and David H, thanks for your help!
Merry Christmas!
Compiled here are eighteen of my favorite pieces of long-ish form writing.
I think the articles contain amazement, wonder, disgust, anger, confusion, excitement, sadness, analytical frustration, perspective and surprise. To quote an email sent out asking for suggestions, I picked articles that:
1) Are read-able in less than an hour
2) Teach you something new
3) Make you go "woah, I see the world differently."
Many of these I had read before - and can remember exactly where I was sitting when I read them. Many others I found while looking for articles for this project - and I can attest to having spent a long, long time happily lost in amazing writing as a result.
I think you will love Pearls Before Breakfast. I think the hardest one to get through is The End of History, shortly followed by The Future of History. I think the opening lines of And Then Steve Said, Let There Be an iPhone will strike closest to home (depending when you read it). I think you will enjoy applying your Fed knowledge to Wall Street on The Tundra. I wonder what you will think of Dehumanized. I'm a little worried that Consider the Lobster will turn you into a full-on vegetarian.
I have no idea which one you will like most. And that is what I love about you.
Happy reading!
Ben
*If you're reading this, Seth and David H, thanks for your help!