As obsessively we listen to music and watch movies today, before 1930 people read poetry and read novels.
Seeking to learn what was in people’s hearts and heads in times’ past, on my last Belgium trip I bought more poetry bundles and writings by and about novelists.
When I was a child, we had about a 40 volume set of encyclopedias, that I spent years reading cover to cover. What a way to learn about the wider world outside!
Of course, as I’ve become old(er), I’ve also learned a lot about the biases and editorial decisions that went into it. As the famous philosopher Bob Seger once wrote, “what to leave in, what to leave out.”
We need more poets and novelists in our age, and I believe the true Bitcoin/Cypherpunks have the vision to create this.
Great to see you in here. Any chance you could become more active here, and ideally mirror your X content here? (Many of us are now fully locked out of X and have no idea what's going on in that place anymore.)
If there’s an app that would allow me to easily publish on both I’d be happy to do it. I’m currently on Twitter hiatus, not posting anything there.
it’s coming!!!
everyone should read poetry
Over the holidays last year, I dropped non-essential computer and phone use, including social media, music, and movies (unless with family). This led me to walk, read, and write more. My thoughts felt so much clearer without the constant distractions.
