Jared Langford
@jaredlangford.bsky.social
Extracts from anything I am reading, watching, or listening to. And my attempt to weave it together in an interesting, semi-cohesive, and hopefully useful way.
https://jaredlangford.substack.com/
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Reason 100000 buying from used books store is better than buying new:
Discovering old annotations.
Who was this reader? What struck them about this paragraph? Why’d they stop reading? Did they too find the title and cover irresistibly intriguing?
Discovering old annotations.
Who was this reader? What struck them about this paragraph? Why’d they stop reading? Did they too find the title and cover irresistibly intriguing?
October 5, 2023 at 3:25 AM
Reason 100000 buying from used books store is better than buying new:
Discovering old annotations.
Who was this reader? What struck them about this paragraph? Why’d they stop reading? Did they too find the title and cover irresistibly intriguing?
Discovering old annotations.
Who was this reader? What struck them about this paragraph? Why’d they stop reading? Did they too find the title and cover irresistibly intriguing?
When debating a topic, people often assume that a dismantling of the opponent’s idea constitutes a victory, but that’s not the case.
As J.D. Salinger writes in his novel Franny and Zooey:
“For a point of objection, however eloquent, is only as good as it is applicable.”
As J.D. Salinger writes in his novel Franny and Zooey:
“For a point of objection, however eloquent, is only as good as it is applicable.”
October 3, 2023 at 1:44 AM
When debating a topic, people often assume that a dismantling of the opponent’s idea constitutes a victory, but that’s not the case.
As J.D. Salinger writes in his novel Franny and Zooey:
“For a point of objection, however eloquent, is only as good as it is applicable.”
As J.D. Salinger writes in his novel Franny and Zooey:
“For a point of objection, however eloquent, is only as good as it is applicable.”
Newsletter out today!
All about doing things just for you...and then feeling guilty about it.
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All about doing things just for you...and then feeling guilty about it.
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October 1, 2023 at 6:35 PM
Newsletter out today!
All about doing things just for you...and then feeling guilty about it.
open.substack.com/pub/jaredlan...
All about doing things just for you...and then feeling guilty about it.
open.substack.com/pub/jaredlan...
"Pretending in unending joy,
to hate to be alone."
to hate to be alone."
September 29, 2023 at 2:51 AM
"Pretending in unending joy,
to hate to be alone."
to hate to be alone."
“It's frightening to think that you might not know something, but more frightening to think that, by and large, the world is run by people who have faith that they know exactly what is going on.”
Amos Tversky
Amos Tversky
September 28, 2023 at 12:27 AM
“It's frightening to think that you might not know something, but more frightening to think that, by and large, the world is run by people who have faith that they know exactly what is going on.”
Amos Tversky
Amos Tversky
"I find myself unable to say things like this: basic, well-known facts, but spoken with the grand air of revealing a hidden truth. He seems to do it for a living.”
#writing #writingcommunity #substack
#writing #writingcommunity #substack
September 27, 2023 at 12:21 AM
"I find myself unable to say things like this: basic, well-known facts, but spoken with the grand air of revealing a hidden truth. He seems to do it for a living.”
#writing #writingcommunity #substack
#writing #writingcommunity #substack
"The doing of something well is better when it is more difficult.”
September 26, 2023 at 3:52 AM
"The doing of something well is better when it is more difficult.”
"My heart was always fairly cold
posing to be as warm as yours"
How songs continue to reveal themselves to us, even after years of listening.
open.substack.com/pub/jaredlan...
posing to be as warm as yours"
How songs continue to reveal themselves to us, even after years of listening.
open.substack.com/pub/jaredlan...
September 24, 2023 at 8:55 PM
"My heart was always fairly cold
posing to be as warm as yours"
How songs continue to reveal themselves to us, even after years of listening.
open.substack.com/pub/jaredlan...
posing to be as warm as yours"
How songs continue to reveal themselves to us, even after years of listening.
open.substack.com/pub/jaredlan...
“The world is not a solid continent of facts sprinkled by a few lakes of uncertainties, but a vast ocean of uncertainties speckled by a few islands of calibrated and stabilized forms.”
-Philosopher Bruno Latour
-Philosopher Bruno Latour
September 23, 2023 at 1:04 AM
“The world is not a solid continent of facts sprinkled by a few lakes of uncertainties, but a vast ocean of uncertainties speckled by a few islands of calibrated and stabilized forms.”
-Philosopher Bruno Latour
-Philosopher Bruno Latour
Saying “you’ll find the time if you really care about it” is bad advice.
By finding time in your life for one thing, you don’t realize you’re pushing another thing out the window until you look around and realize it’s long gone.
It doesn’t matter how much you care, there’s only so much time.
By finding time in your life for one thing, you don’t realize you’re pushing another thing out the window until you look around and realize it’s long gone.
It doesn’t matter how much you care, there’s only so much time.
September 22, 2023 at 4:28 AM
Saying “you’ll find the time if you really care about it” is bad advice.
By finding time in your life for one thing, you don’t realize you’re pushing another thing out the window until you look around and realize it’s long gone.
It doesn’t matter how much you care, there’s only so much time.
By finding time in your life for one thing, you don’t realize you’re pushing another thing out the window until you look around and realize it’s long gone.
It doesn’t matter how much you care, there’s only so much time.
“We have provisions. But what will the press say...Won’t they accuse us of having abused the situation by eating too well?”
Adrien de Gerlache, while stranded in the Antarctic 1898
Starved himself and his crew just get his 15 minutes of fame
We’re the same attention hungry fools we’ve always been
Adrien de Gerlache, while stranded in the Antarctic 1898
Starved himself and his crew just get his 15 minutes of fame
We’re the same attention hungry fools we’ve always been
September 21, 2023 at 4:51 AM
“We have provisions. But what will the press say...Won’t they accuse us of having abused the situation by eating too well?”
Adrien de Gerlache, while stranded in the Antarctic 1898
Starved himself and his crew just get his 15 minutes of fame
We’re the same attention hungry fools we’ve always been
Adrien de Gerlache, while stranded in the Antarctic 1898
Starved himself and his crew just get his 15 minutes of fame
We’re the same attention hungry fools we’ve always been
“It is in vain to say that human beings ought to be satisfied with tranquility:
they must have action; and they will make it if they cannot find it”
-Jane Eyre
they must have action; and they will make it if they cannot find it”
-Jane Eyre
September 20, 2023 at 4:27 AM
“It is in vain to say that human beings ought to be satisfied with tranquility:
they must have action; and they will make it if they cannot find it”
-Jane Eyre
they must have action; and they will make it if they cannot find it”
-Jane Eyre