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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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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 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...

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...

The Simple Life: Remembering what matters

On the sacredness of simplicity, why we forget what we value (or ought to value), and how to remind ourselves what matters. “O sacred...

Why Music Singles Matter

On what music singles have meant in the past, mean now, and might mean in the future. “I miss buyin’ CDs at the store And thumbin’...

Raging Against the Machine

On artificial intelligence, the role – and the rights – of artists, and the difference between art and artificial creation. Though six...