The Metaphor
James Taylor ForemanReality is narrative and our only job is to make it beautiful.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Weekly |
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| Issues | 133 | Founded | 6 years ago | Last Issue | 6 days ago |
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The Uni-Context Is Not New
The uni-context neatly explains a few different things: the attention economy, why everything is so flat and ugly, why all architecture looks the same, why we’re so anxious about all the horrible stuff we see online.
I like the uni-context...
Essay Is a Better Format Than Book
When in doubt, read more essays and short stories.
Most of what I’ve read, I’ve completely forgotten. Whatever it all was about, it turned out to not be relevant enough to remember.
You Probably Cannot Wield AI
About a month ago, I was sitting on my couch, scrolling through recommended YouTube thumbnails.
I was on the hunt for what my wife jokingly refers to as Boy YouTube. If you don’t know what I mean by that, you can get a good sense by clicki...
Therapy Speak Kills Romance
Eros can’t endure us talking to each other like that.
A husband and wife go to one of the nation’s leading psychiatrists. The husband resisted at the beginning, feeling a little overexposed and humiliated, but these feelings are quickly un...
Or Live Long Enough to See Yourself Become the Villain
The movie opens with the rapper Travis Scott as an ancient Greek bard, standing on the dinner table.
Already, we’re either pleased or annoyed. If you’re one sort of person, you’ll think the parallel of rappers to rhapsodes is a smart one,...
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Cajun Catholic. Southern Gothic. Studied philosophy, worked in Silicon Valley, now I'm back in Louisiana. Reality is narrative and our only job is to make it beautiful.
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