This Week - Sep 25, 2015

Achieving this much success with Peace just doesn’t feel good, which I didn’t anticipate, but probably should have. Ad blockers come with an important asterisk: while they do benefit a ton of people in major ways, they also hurt some, including many who don’t deserve the hit.

— Just doesn’t feel good (Marco Arment for Marco.org)

It’s not that the city’s social problems are invisible to the programming class. But in some way, they’re not important enough to bother with. Why solve homelessness in one place when you can solve it everywhere? Why fix anything locally, if the solutions can scale?

— What Happens Next Will Amaze You (Maciej Ceglowski for Idle Words)

He points to a tattoo on his arm, a quote from one of the Greek skeptics. ‘This says, more or less, ‘I am certain of nothing,’ and that’s how I feel. I’m pretty sure that cheese and sausage are good. Other than that, it’s a world of confusion and uncertainty.’

— Anthony Bourdain's World Domination (Josh Eells for Men’s Journal)

#HowIQuitSpin 63. and for all that 11:00 comes an hour after 10:00 no matter what. Even when such things seem impossible.

— The Epic 200-Tweet Story #HowIQuitSpin Is a Piece of Pop Culture Art (Marissa Visci for Slate)

The end of a relationship is a kind of high, too — there’s nothing more life-affirming, more hope-inspiring, than a fresh start. After my first long-term relationship unraveled, I started running. I would wake at five in the morning and run while the world slept. I would run until I vomited. I couldn’t get enough. I was so excited, so energized, that walking felt like sitting still.

— Singleminded (Diana Spechler for The New York Times)