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"I bought this as part of an audiobook bundle. This is the middle book, which will be a palate cleanser between music biographies." — Apr 20, 2026 12:33PM
"I bought this as part of an audiobook bundle. This is the middle book, which will be a palate cleanser between music biographies." — Apr 20, 2026 12:33PM
“Free speech stands no differently than freedom from vaccination.”
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“Wherever collective memory based on selective use of the past holds sway, everyone thinks alike. When everyone thinks alike, no one thinks at all. A society where no one thinks at all is little more than a frenetic and debauched, if picturesque, village bazaar.”
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“Yep, and your internet was their invention, this magical convenience that creeps now like a smell through the smallest details of our lives, the shopping, the housework, the homework, the taxes, absorbing our energy, eating up our precious time. And there's no innocence. Anywhere. Never was. It was conceived in sin, the worst possible. As it kept growing, it never stopped carrying in its heart a bitter-cold death wish for the planet, and don't think anything has changed, kid.”
― Bleeding Edge
― Bleeding Edge
“Freedom of expression matters most where the expression in question is unpopular: if it is to mean anything, it must mean ‘freedom for the thought that we hate.”
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“Too many men and governments the life of the human mind is a danger to be feared more than any other danger, and the Word which cannot be purchased, cannot be falsified, and cannot be killed is the enemy most hunted for and hated. It is not necessary to speak of the burning of the books in Germany, or of the victorious lie in Spain, or of the terror of the creative spirit in Russia, or of the hunting and hounding of those in this country who insist that certain truths be told and who will not be silent. These things are commonplace. They are commonplace to such a point that they no longer shock us into anger. Indeed it is the essential character of our time that the triumph of the lie, the mutilation of culture, and the persecution of the Word no longer shock us into anger.”
― Their Correspondence, 1928-45
― Their Correspondence, 1928-45
The Pale King
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— last activity Sep 04, 2011 08:00PM
Discussions about David Foster Wallace's posthumous release, The Pale King. ...more
DFW - The Broom of the System (group read)
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— last activity Dec 26, 2011 03:08PM
We will be reading David Foster Wallace's "The Broom of the System," starting October 1, 2011. Here's the reading schedule: https://docs.google.com/sp ...more
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