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“After you're dead and buried and floating around whatever place we go to, what's going to be your best memory of earth? What one moment for you defines what it's like to be alive on this planet. What's your takeaway? Fake yuppie experiences that you had to spend money on, like white water rafting or elephant rides in Thailand don't count. I want to hear some small moment from your life that proves you're really alive.”
― Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture
― Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture
“What one moment from you defines what it’s like to be alive on this planet. What’s your takeaway?’’
There is silence. Tobias doesn’t get her point, and frankly, neither do I. She continues: ‘’Fake yuppie experiences that you had to spend money on, like white water rafting or elephant rides in Thailand don’t count. I want to hear some small moment from your life that proves you’re really alive.”
― Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture
There is silence. Tobias doesn’t get her point, and frankly, neither do I. She continues: ‘’Fake yuppie experiences that you had to spend money on, like white water rafting or elephant rides in Thailand don’t count. I want to hear some small moment from your life that proves you’re really alive.”
― Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture
“When someone tells you they’ve just bought a house, they might as well tell you they no longer have a personality. You can immediately assume so many things: that they’re locked into jobs they hate; that they’re broke; that they spend every night watching videos; that they’re fifteen pounds overweight; that they no longer listen to new ideas. It’s profoundly depressing. ”
― Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture
― Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture
“Eroticize intelligence.”
― Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture
― Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture
“Everybody has a ‘gripping stranger’ in their lives, Andy, a stranger who unwittingly possesses a bizarre hold over you. Maybe it’s the kid in cut-offs who mows your lawn or the woman wearing White Shoulders who stamps your book at the library—a stranger who, if you were to come home and find a message from them on your answering machine saying ‘Drop everything. I love you. Come away with me now to Florida,’ you’d follow them.”
― Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture
― Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture
Sol’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Sol’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
632 books
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279 friends
539 books
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327 friends
1,541 books
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124 friends
1,367 books
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425 friends
50 books
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129 friends
151 books
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74 friends
18 books
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36 friends
143 books
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12 friends
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