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Flaubert's Errand #2

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Flaubert's Errand #2

5 exquisitely crafted sentences of prose I encountered in my recent reading.

Iqbal
Aug 2, 2020
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Flaubert's Errand #2

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“Europe’s welfare states began as basic safety nets. But over time they turned into cushions.”

The Economist:: Asia’s next revolution

"In play, children miniaturise the world, reducing it to size within their intellectual grasp."

Five Books:: The best books on Play

“Disaster relief is essentially a backwards political campaign.”

TED:: How to step up in the face of disaster

“If this sounds like a simulation of physics, then you understand perfectly, because in a world made up of bits, physics is exactly the same as a simulation of physics.”

WIRED:: God Is the Machine

“A meme is an information-packet with attitude - a recipe or instruction for doing something cultural.”

Google Books: Uninformative information by Jacob Krebs

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