In 1977, Jorge Luis Borges, one of the most influential 20th c. Spanish-language writers, told William F. Buckley (whose first language was Spanish) his reasons for feeling, age 78, that English was 'far finer' than his native tongue. Right or wrong, I love his savor for language pic.twitter.com/foOzTu6mYR
The Accursed Share: Bataille, Waste, and Transmuting Matter Into Spirit. That's what I would call my book criticizing Georges Bataille's essay on economic philosophy, if I were actually going to write it. Instead, just going to post quick reflections here.
- The core of this feels intuitive to me - if we attempt to harness and distribute all energy efficiently, we create pressure valves, which build up then explode.
the “unmet developmental needs” frame of mental health seems soooooo effective compared to the “brain chemistry imbalance /personality disorder” frame of mental health that I’m surprised it hasn’t caught on even more
mfs be talking about how they want more precise language when they really want higher trust relationships
stop and read this. it's not long. this is an incredible little piece of insight from someone perfectly positioned to see it, and it puts words to a thing most of the men i know (including me) experience so latently that we don't even think about it anymore. fascinating. pic.twitter.com/BNlhvpDmia
