via emergentfutures:
The Next Time Someone Says the Internet Killed Reading Books, Show Them This Chart
Trying to get a better sense of how we talk about, define the hipster
via thesociologist:
“Almost by definition, real hipsters are not artists. They’re curators and critics, re-mixers and designers, the copywriters and “prosumers” who trail in the artists’ wake. At best, it seems, they’re art students: aspiring cultural savants who collect the names and slogans of past avant-gardes to hoard or brandish conspicuously, like capital.”
“What are we not talking about when we’re talking about the hipster? For example, criticizing the hipster is often a way of discussing gentrification and neighborhood change — while exempting oneself from the process. Figured as scapegoats, hipsters ruin neighborhoods by driving up rents with their parental subsidies, while the non-hipsters just … live there. Which is a totally ridiculous conceit.”
Get yours here on n+1 if you are into urban sociology (or owning a book with a pink cover).
Why is it more interesting to spend an evening with this book than with a beautiful woman?
via ilovecharts:
Speaking of…
Should you go to the the Library?
Yes, there are any number of reasons why you should go to the library. Here’s a few of the common questions you may be asking:
Q1: It would be great if there was something like Netflix™, but for books!
A1: There is! You should GO THE FUCK TO THE LIBRARY.
Q6: I don’t know what to do. Now that Borders™ has closed all its stores, I can’t sit around their store and read! How am I going to keep current on the latest teen vampire novels?
A6: Discerning readers like yourself might be prompted to GO THE FUCK TO THE LIBRARY.
John Hodgeman suggests Borders could easily be replaced by reading pods, and that no one wants to see pasty-faced writers IRL when they have the internet to keep a safe distance…
Is this the Stairway to Heaven? Also, where are adults in in this infographic?
At least unbaptized babies get more god love than plants, right?
Ernest Hemingway: A Moveable Feast
Choose your own adventure: Lost edition
(via: fuckyeahlost via: @Hartter777)
Spoiler Alert: All 40 possible endings are disappointing.
Autosummarizing great literature
This inventive creative project takes “the top 100 most downloaded copyright free books summarized using Microsoft Word 2008’s AutoSummarize 10-sentence function and organized alphabetically.” Bravo sir.
Found on the streets of Brooklyn: “Make It So” a book full of leadership lessons from Star Trek TNG. Please expect sample excerpts from this fine tome soon…
