I’m always struck by these sections in Nietzsche’s Beyond Good and Evil (also impressive is the massive ’stache):
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After having looked long between the philosopher’s lines and fingers, I say to myself: by far the greater part of conscious thinking must still be included among instinctive activities and that goes even for philosophical [...]
This is fucking awesome, I promise:
Unwrap each present as if it’s a new love
Feel the square contours of each cardboard box holding within it the mysterious prospects of a new object to be held within your hands
To be owned and controlled only by you so you may discover all of the mysteries held within
Happy Christmas, the new sun is [...]
Robert Hughes goes on for seven hours about American art and culture — it’s in 42 parts on YouTube. . . and it’s fairly addictive. Though I can’t help but laugh at his reverent hero-worship of Thomas Jefferson. But if you need to burn cognitive surplus, you could do worse. Behold:
This has to be one of the most ridiculous and excellent music videos I’ve ever seen:
