“One of the insidious lessons about TV is the meta-lesson that you’re dumb. This is all you can do […] When in fact there are parts of us … that are a lot more ambitious than that. And what we need… is seriously engaged art that can teach again that we’re smart.”
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David Foster Wallace on art vs. TV and the motivation to be intellectually ambitious. (via explore-blog)
For the first time in a year, I glimpsed reality television the other night. Downright scary. The lesson is a celebration of idiocy.
"I've read Infinite Jest twice, and I'm fully aware of how pretentious that makes me sound, and I'm really, really sorry."
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MoJo interviews the two activists behind Occupy Wall Street’s poignant Tumblr sensation.
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