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I tried to read 'Liar's Poker' by him a while ago, got totally stuck trying to understand the financial stuff - and one of the virtues of that book is apparently that he made the financial stuff comprehensible to the average joe. Really liked 'The Undoing Project', though. He's a good storyteller.

we're all doomed i wonder if eton does classes on social media now, given that future prime ministers had better make sure they've not knobbed a pig on camera etc

Anyone with photoshop skills? Please PS JP's head onto this and change 'stone' to 'savage'

:crylarf::crylarf::crylarf::crylarf::crylarf: I didn't realise but it's true 'You arrogant, racist son of a bitch Pankaj Mishra: How dare you accuse me of "harmlessly romancing the noble savage." That's how you refer to my friend Charles Joseph (http://charlesjoseph.ca/ ), who I've worked with...

My favourite character was the bear

lol the way he writes 'Just what do you mean by "claims" you peddler of nasty, underhanded innuendo, you dealer in lies and halftruths?' very shakespearean

and just what the hell does that mean?

e.g. temptation to describe the white crumbs as being 'like stars' - no metaphors allowed though

I thought 'unbroken sky' was a nice phrase https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6050969-under-this-unbroken-sky I've never heard of this book but it still hurts

I wandered lonely as a cloud So then I went on twitter And all at once I felt even worse

They don't do much for me tbh It's an interesting exercise for what it forces you to do and not do Like writing tweets used to be

I think my haiku was rather profound The juxtaposition of the unbroken blue sky outside the office window with the dusty crumb covered black keyboard Almost made me cry ;);););););););););););)

i think we can all agree the original was better

Blue unbroken sky - Sloping black keyboard with dust and crumbs in white dots original reads: Blue unbroken sky Black keyboard mottled with dust And crumbs in white dots

a focus on some aspect of nature or the seasons division into two asymmetrical sections, usually with a cut at the end of the first or second section, creating a juxtaposition of two subjects (e.g. something large and something small, something natural and something human-made, two unexpectedly...

Usurer!

If I was a virile young whippersnapper right now I'd be sampling autotune rap and cutting it up to make explosive rave music THAT'S JUST ME THOUGH On a serious note, I do think it would be nice to have a sort of 'new hardcore', sampling contemporary pop/rap music like hardcore of olde. Would...

It's world poetry day! I think we should all write a haiku to celebrate Here's mine: The apparition of these faces in the crowd: Petals on a wet, black bough. Thoughts?

but also, to be less miserable about it, it's also a generation that is more open to sharing their feelings online