Nothing To Fear But Death Itself?
Even if we are all born into a losing struggle, as Christopher Hitchens used to say about death, we can still win along the way. Nothing...
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Culture
What Is "Art Of Conversation" For?
An updated vision of where this project is going and how we will do it. “I like people to express themselves heartily, their words...
Whose Mind Is It Anyway?
On the intellectual crutches that prevent us having to think. The other day I was forced to ask myself a question I never could have...
"Stolen Focus": Part Two
On Johann Hari's book Stolen Focus, and how the most extreme voices are dominating our public conversations. In part one of this essay, I...
"Stolen Focus": Part One
On Johann Hari's book Stolen Focus, and how a digital detox can clear up mental clutter. Read part two here. Art Of Conversation has...
The Cost of Greatness
On Damien Chazelle's Whiplash and Kazuo Ishiguro's The Remains of the Day, and what both can tell us about what some will sacrifice to...
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