🔗It’s not the colour of the pill that counts

Happened to be talking about Asimov to a friend of mine the other day. We both had read ‘everything’ he had written - and certainly for me I know that will not be true, but definitely I hit the 45 to 50 books range - I can still picture them on my my book shelf in my teenage bedroom.

BUT - we both agreed that the reading was a long time ago - and not sure if they would stand the test of time - based on writing quality (?) Not sure that is the right term.

So interesting to see this today …

among Isaac Asimov’s many faults, his total lack of interest in characters meant some deft footwork by the writers of the Foundation television series.

💬 William Gallagher

Yes - that is probably it. I don’t recall him being an ‘emotional’ writer, which as a teen I didn’t miss. It was the ideas that I was after.

🔗 Why Today April 30th Should Be a National Holiday

The question used to be: ‘Might it be possible that we were on the wrong side in the Vietnamese War?’ But we weren’t on the wrong side. We are the wrong side."

💬 Daniel Ellsberg

Markets can remain irrational longer than you can remain solvent.

💬 John Maynard Keynes

(Via John Naughton)

🔗 Business Insider may have published the dumbest article of the year | Salon.com

My working theory has always been that both things can be true: Henry Blodget really is an idiotic jackass ..

💬 John Gruber

I don’t always agree with Mr. Gruber but I do always read him and that quote right there is one of the reasons.

Brother from another mother.

💬 Gaping Void Commentary

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💬 About that trade war …

💬 Not sure how far back this quote goes. But on investment - even today, the unspoken request lurks … when are you moving here? If you happen to live outside the US .. good luck with the visa.

💬 Pretty much describing Pay and Play .. not Purpise or Passion. And the commercially viable part .. isn’t that just a twist on others perceiving value. #Thinking

💬 content = slop. END OF.

But if you present me an essay, book, article, video, pithy comment, observation, slice of humour .. that broadens my mind, my thinking or entertains me .. I’m all over it.

Cannot wait for the filters to arrive. To allow me to train my AI to throw content into the trash.