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Jeff Wrangler:
I'm also reading the article about Aaron Swartz, the computer genius who ended his own life.
I'm reading a lot of downers right now. :-\
I can understand Swartz's feelings that his life was an imposition on the planet, and his dislike of imposing on other people, even people like librarians, who exist to be imposed upon (because their job is to help people find things).
Monika:
I´ve read that article too and have watched a number of youtube videos with Aaron.
He was great and a true visionary.
serious crayons:
Here's an article about fact-checking the inaccuracies Truman Capote's "In Cold Blood" series in the New Yorker, which of course ironically is known for scrupulous fact-checking and accuracy. Among other things, it mentions that William Shawn himself scrawled "How know?" about a scene describing solo actions by someone who'd been murdered.
Needless to say, the standards for nonfiction applied to ICB would not hold up today, at the New Yorker or a lot of other places.
http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/culturebox/2013/03/fact_checking_in_cold_blood_what_the_new_yorker_s_fact_checker_missed.html
Jeff Wrangler:
I'm now reading the profile of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg (March 11). This article is a good illustration of why I like The New Yorker: the profiles. Even now, 20 years after she joined the Supremes, I really knew nothing about her background until I began to read this article.
Front-Ranger:
It's interesting to see the similarities and contasts between Ginsburg and O'Connor. O'Connor was just interviewed on NPR's Fresh Air show in connection with her autobiography. O'Connor was a difficult interview subject for Terry Gross. She refused to answer several questions, including some that seemed totally innocuous.
I'm reading the profile of Australia's mining heiress. It's kind of squalid, I mean sordid.
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