Storyological 1.02 - DEFEATED BY GREATER THINGS

We discuss stories from Etgar Keret and Adam Ehrlich Sachs, along with, among other things, pandora's box, the gothic, the total perspective vortex, empathy and privilege, and hats.

In which we discuss:

1. "Hat Trick" by Etgar Keret from his collection, The Girl on the Fridge.

 

2. "The Philosophers" by Adam Ehrlich Sachs from the Feb. 1st, 2016 New Yorker.

http://www.philosophersguild.com/Friedrich-Nietzsche-Little-Thinker.html

Along with, among other things...

Etgar Keret Interview with Granta

Pandora's Box

The Gothic Sublime

Total Perspective Vortex

Interview with Adam Ehrlich Sachs

Monty Python

Jeff Noon

Triptych

"So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly - into the past."

Between the World and Me: Empathy is a Privilege

Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie

Kindred by Octavia Butler

Myth of Sisyphus and Camus' essay.

Shaggy dog stories

"The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there."

The Social Meanings of Hats and T-shirts. And more on hats.

Also. Just so you know.

"The purpose of life is to be defeated by greater and greater things" - Rainer Maria Rilke

Happy reading.

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