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"Halt and Catch Fire": A hidden gem

In this edition of Marginalia, the best series you've probably never heard of. Halt and Catch Fire (2014 – 2017) If further evidence were...

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"Halt and Catch Fire": A hidden gem

In this edition of Marginalia, the best series you've probably never heard of. Halt and Catch Fire (2014 – 2017) If further evidence were...

Reading Fast, Writing Slow

On keeping a notebook, copying out passages from your reading, and why it's worth remembering certain things. Whenever I sit down to...

"The Vegan": The Logic of the Stomach

In this edition of Marginalia, Andrew Lipstein's novel about language and its failures, machine learning and markets, and how to be good....

The Double Take: Re-watching "The 13th Warrior"

In the second edition of the series, I re-watch John McTiernan's 1999 movie, The 13th Warrior, and wonder if it's time to put away...

"Contact": Outer Space & Inner Space

In this edition of Marginalia, a film in which life from the stars tells us something about life on Earth. Contact (1997) We all know the...

The Mind-Wandering of Oppenheimer

Why we should be promiscuous in our love of ideas. One of the ironies of Robert Oppenheimer’s life is that his legacy rests on a single...