Storyological 1.14 - LAMBORGHINIS AND OTHER SIGNIFIERS

In which we discuss "Her Majesty's Lamborghini and the Girl with the Fish Tank" by JY Yang & "You Can't See It 'Til It's Finished" by Joseph Allen Hill, along with, among other things: David Foster Wallace, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, and the arbitrary nature of power.

In which we discuss,

2. "You Can't See It 'Til It's Finished" by Violet Allen, Liminal Stories #1

along with, among other things...

Radiohead's new album, A Moon Shaped Pool ("Burn the Witch" video)
That one film, Ferris Bueller's Day Off
That one George Saunders fairly long story, The Brief and Frightening Reign of Phil
That one movie, The Lego Movie
Ecstatic world building, as discussed by Chris in a review of Nick Harkaway’s Tigerman
That book, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
That one episode where we talked about "Pockets" by Amal El-Mohtar
Chuck E. Cheese has a surprising relationship with Silicon Valley
Any excuse for linking to that one XKCD cartoon about adulthood and ball pits.
The way we communicate. Texting. Gifs. Symbolics.
Andrew O’Hehir writing in Salon: “Jason Segel on playing David Foster Wallace…”
Who is Jason Segel? Watch his Dracula Musical and know. (Here’s the story behind the musical.)
That one book,Of Course You End Up Becoming Yourself
That one David Foster Wallace novel, Infinite Jest
Ben Thompson writing about friction.

Change is guaranteed, but the type of change is not; never is that more true than today. See, friction makes everything harder, both the good we can do, but also the unimaginably terrible. In our zeal to reduce friction and our eagerness to celebrate the good, we ought not lose sight of the potential bad.

We are creating the future, and “better” does not win by default.

That one god, Tantalus.
That one Nietzsche quote.

…for when you gaze long into the abyss…the abyss gazes also into you

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