Are We a “Dying Empire”? (with George Packer)
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The Importance of Being Snarky
I used to be quite active on Twitter. I just find it not that gratifying anymore. If you are of some talent and not particularly of good faith, that the easiest road to likes or popularity is to be snarky and a jerk if you can do it in a clever fashion all the better. But true art and uplifting messages, that's harder and it's hard to come by. It takes a lot of work to do it in an way that's not saccharine and will be dismissed by both the elites and the general public alike. "It's interesting because fiction writers say that the hardest thing to write about is happiness"
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