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Good long reads
« on: October 23, 2012, 09:46:04 am »
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I'm interested in any articles or essays that you come across that you find interesting or thought-provoking.  Here's a couple to kick things off:

Wired: Why Things Fail: From Tires to Helicopter Blades, Everything Breaks Eventually

The Washington Post: Fatal Distraction: Forgetting a Child in the Backseat of a Car Is a Horrifying Mistake. Is It a Crime?
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Re: Good long reads
« Reply #1 on: October 23, 2012, 10:13:35 am »
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Thank you, I'll have to stay at work for another hour now to get a full day.

But seriously: thank you. I love these kinds of articles!
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Re: Good long reads
« Reply #2 on: October 23, 2012, 10:19:40 am »
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http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1982/02/have-you-ever-tried-to-sell-a-diamond/304575/

Must read for any person who is in the market for diamonds, or will be in the future.

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Re: Good long reads
« Reply #3 on: October 23, 2012, 10:25:37 am »
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Re: Good long reads
« Reply #4 on: October 23, 2012, 10:26:25 am »
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Oh - that washington post article about kids in the backseat is brutal.  I had to close it 1/3 of the way through.
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Re: Good long reads
« Reply #6 on: October 23, 2012, 10:30:49 am »
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Re: Good long reads
« Reply #8 on: October 23, 2012, 02:29:39 pm »
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I enjoyed this a lot:

Fear of a Black President, The Atlantic, September 2012
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Re: Good long reads
« Reply #9 on: October 23, 2012, 03:06:00 pm »
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An article about the Piraha Tribe and their language and culture, and the idea that our language determines how we think.  It is fascinating.

And here's a big list of articles that I haven't even begun to read through.
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Re: Good long reads
« Reply #10 on: October 24, 2012, 11:11:01 am »
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I loved this article on Bob Costas and the art of broadcasting:

http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/40001770

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Costas enjoys the preparation for a game. He has often talked about a dream -- one he insists he still has, even after hosting all the Olympics and winning all the awards -- of broadcasting a full season of minor league baseball somewhere. The draw for him is the preparation, it is getting to know all the players and the manager, it is working through the daily stats and stories, it is about immersing himself in baseball.
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Re: Good long reads
« Reply #11 on: October 24, 2012, 11:13:17 pm »
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I loved this article on Bob Costas and the art of broadcasting:

http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/40001770

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Costas enjoys the preparation for a game. He has often talked about a dream -- one he insists he still has, even after hosting all the Olympics and winning all the awards -- of broadcasting a full season of minor league baseball somewhere. The draw for him is the preparation, it is getting to know all the players and the manager, it is working through the daily stats and stories, it is about immersing himself in baseball.
I thought his (very) late night interview show some years ago (10? 15?) was better than any other example of the genre, including Dick Cavett's programs.  His preparation showed there as well. I really miss it.

If he were going to call a season of minor leagues, having Tim McCarver next to him would be very cool.
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Re: Good long reads
« Reply #12 on: November 05, 2012, 08:38:17 pm »
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Old, and perhaps not really long enough to qualify, but I liked Joe Posnanski's take on "LeBron vs Jordan":

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1187119/index.htm

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I remember, growing up, when Jim Brown's greatness was declared to be indisputable. That's the word: indisputable. Nobody, my elders told me, could ever be as good as Jim Brown. When O.J. Simpson ran for 2,000 yards, well, that was nice. But he was no Jim Brown. When Earl Campbell was a singular force...he was no Jim Brown. Eric Dickerson? Nope. Franco Harris? Uh-uh. The elders might concede that Walter Payton was more versatile than Brown, with his hammerhead blocking and soft hands.

Even so, he was no Jim Brown.

I was too young to understand then. Nobody could be Jim Brown. Sure, Brown had numbers and highlights and testimony to back up the argument, but the crucial fact was that there was no argument. Jim Brown was the greatest because Jim Brown was the greatest. To argue was blasphemous.

There have been a handful of indisputables through the years: Ruth, Pelé, Ali, Orr—athletes who radiated such greatness that the fans of their time simply could not imagine anyone better, then or ever. During my era as a sports fan (1975 or so to the present), there have been two indisputables. One is Wayne Gretzky. The other is Michael Jordan. Everyone else sparked arguments.
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Re: Good long reads
« Reply #13 on: November 06, 2012, 04:44:58 am »
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Note sure if it qualifies, but there is a good series on the BBC news page at the moment about Chinese Leadership

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-20178655

This one is particularly relevant, about the Chinese election systems (Which is arguably more important to the world than the US elections)
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Re: Good long reads
« Reply #14 on: November 06, 2012, 11:38:17 am »
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A short read on why we mimic other people's accents; aka, why everyone started saying "Man," a lot more when DXV started posting.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/7931299/Humans-subconsciously-mimic-other-accents-psychologists-claim.html
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Re: Good long reads
« Reply #15 on: November 06, 2012, 02:05:14 pm »
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A short read on why we mimic other people's accents; aka, why everyone started saying "Man," a lot more when DXV started posting.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/7931299/Humans-subconsciously-mimic-other-accents-psychologists-claim.html

I lived in England for a bit and I totally used to do this. If I was the only American in a group at the pub, and a little bit drunk, I would slip involuntarily into a British accent that I could never do as well on purpose.
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Re: Good long reads
« Reply #16 on: November 06, 2012, 07:57:20 pm »
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Old, and perhaps not really long enough to qualify, but I liked Joe Posnanski's take on "LeBron vs Jordan":

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1187119/index.htm

Thanks for this.  I quit following pro BB when Jordan retired, so I don't know Lebron's game at all, but Jordan will always be the best.  He just is.
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Re: Good long reads
« Reply #17 on: November 06, 2012, 08:04:48 pm »
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A short read on why we mimic other people's accents; aka, why everyone started saying "Man," a lot more when DXV started posting.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/7931299/Humans-subconsciously-mimic-other-accents-psychologists-claim.html

Man, I have to keep myself from saying that all the time.
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Re: Good long reads
« Reply #18 on: November 06, 2012, 08:05:59 pm »
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Old, and perhaps not really long enough to qualify, but I liked Joe Posnanski's take on "LeBron vs Jordan":

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1187119/index.htm

Thanks for this.  I quit following pro BB when Jordan retired, so I don't know Lebron's game at all, but Jordan will always be the best.  He just is.

If you like basketball, then you're missing out by not watching LeBron James.  He is a very special talent.
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Re: Good long reads
« Reply #19 on: November 14, 2012, 03:14:18 pm »
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Has anyone else seen this list that Publisher's Weekly just put out? I thought it was actually a pretty good list (or I wouldn't mention it) though I haven't read all of them.

Here's the list without the descriptions and links:
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James Baldwin, "Notes of a Native Son" (originally appeared in Harper’s, 1955)
Norman Mailer, "The White Negro" (originally appeared in Dissent, 1957)
Susan Sontag, "Notes on 'Camp'" (originally appeared in Partisan Review, 1964)
John McPhee, "The Search for Marvin Gardens" (originally appeared in The New Yorker, 1972)
Joan Didion, "The White Album" (originally appeared in New West, 1979)
Annie Dillard, "Total Eclipse" (originally appeared in Antaeus, 1982)
Phillip Lopate, "Against Joie de Vivre" (originally appeared in Ploughshares, 1986)
Edward Hoagland, "Heaven and Nature" (originally appeared in Harper’s, 1988)
Jo Ann Beard, "The Fourth State of Matter" (originally appeared in The New Yorker, 1996)
David Foster Wallace, "Consider the Lobster" (originally appeared in Gourmet, 2004)

I haven't read all of these just the Baldwin, Mailer, Sontag and Wallace, but I've heard of a lot of these, and thought this was a good list of things I probably should read eventually.
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Re: Good long reads
« Reply #21 on: November 16, 2012, 11:46:35 am »
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A short read on why we mimic other people's accents; aka, why everyone started saying "Man," a lot more when DXV started posting.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/7931299/Humans-subconsciously-mimic-other-accents-psychologists-claim.html

I lived in England for a bit and I totally used to do this. If I was the only American in a group at the pub, and a little bit drunk, I would slip involuntarily into a British accent that I could never do as well on purpose.

I had a similar experience whilst living in London.  And in Atlanta, too, especially with "y'all".
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Re: Good long reads
« Reply #22 on: November 16, 2012, 01:53:01 pm »
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Here's an article I really enjoyed: http://www.esquire.com/features/teller-magician-interview-1012

It's about Teller, the silent half of the Penn and Teller magicians duo.
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Re: Good long reads
« Reply #23 on: November 19, 2012, 06:17:04 pm »
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Here's an article I really enjoyed: http://www.esquire.com/features/teller-magician-interview-1012

It's about Teller, the silent half of the Penn and Teller magicians duo.
Yes, this was quite a good article.  Now I want to go see them next week when I'm in Vegas.
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