Intellectual


An Ishmael of Syria
Thinking, Fast and Slow
The Stranger
1984
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Animal Farm
Outliers: The Story of Success
The Secret History
The Handmaid's Tale
The Alchemist
Man's Search for Meaning
A Short History of Nearly Everything
To Kill a Mockingbird
The Picture of Dorian Gray
The Communist Manifesto
William S. Burroughs
Artists to my mind are the real architects of change, and not the political legislators who implement change after the fact.
William S. Burroughs

Edward W. Said
Nothing in my view is more reprehensible than those habits of mind in the intellectual that induce avoidance, that characteristic turning away from a difficult and principled position, which you know to be the right one, but which you decide not to take. You do not want to appear too political; you are afraid of seeming controversial; you want to keep a reputation for being balanced, objective, moderate; your hope is to be asked back, to consult, to be on a board or prestigious committee, and so ...more
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