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There is usually something to like in even the weakest work—just as there is nearly always some weakness in the strongest work; most reviews, if anything, should be somewhat mixed. (It may be a sign of how harmful the culture of reflexive “liking” has become that what are, in fact, mixed reviews are denounced as if they were take-downs.)
A Critic’s Manifesto
newyorker.com
While in graduate school and mulling relationship problems, Marc Berman did something that felt faintly ludicrous: He walked up to an oak tree and started talking to it.
Society Needs a Doctor’s Prescription for Nature
Oliver Milman
Look around the room and notice five things you can see. Notice three or four things you can hear. Notice what you can smell, taste, or sense inside your nose or mouth.
The Happiness Trap
Harris, Russ
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