May 2012
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WatchStephen Colbert vs. Michael Sandel on the Moral Limits of the Markets
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“Quelli che hanno un’indole romantica decidono di lavorare nell’editoria, nel...”
– Innamorato Fisso del 17 maggio 2012
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The Surreal Selling of Man Ray →
How a Long Island family with an auto-body shop wound up controlling the artist’s legacy. The $20 million collection in the garage.
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“I’m 101 at the moment, I get older by...
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Roland Barthes - Toys →
Toys are essentially a microcosm of the adult world; they are all reduced copies of human objects, as if in the eyes of the public the child was nothing but a smaller man who must be supplied with objects of his own size.
[via tetw]
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“In the spirit of full disclosure, it should be noted that Jay McInerney is...”
– WSJ
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“Dispiace tra una latrina e l’altra mettere dei lastroni di ferro. Però per i...”
– Innamorato Fisso dell’8 maggio 2012
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“A lawyer without history or literature is a mechanic, a mere working mason; if...”
– Walter Scott [via Legal Writing Prof Blog]
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On the origins of the arts - E.O. Wilson - Harvard... →
We are forced to stumble through our chemically challenged lives in a chemosensory biosphere, relying on sound and vision that evolved primarily for life in the trees. Only through science and technology has humanity penetrated the immense sensory worlds in the rest of the biosphere. With instrumentation, we are able to translate the sensory worlds of the rest of life into our own. And in the...
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“Ero in un residence. Mi telefona in stanza il direttore: “Scusi, un sondaggio:...”
– Innamorato Fisso del 4 maggio 2012
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“In the [past] five years, federal courts of appeals have cited Wikipedia about...”
– WSJ Law Blog
