This Week - Oct 02, 2015

But this Brooklynning—wherein we take something that was fine or even good, and distill it into something hip or exclusive—is all around. It started with our food. Want just a coffee from Gorilla? No luck, it’s all pour over or cold brew and you better have 10 minutes to wait for it. Ask for a well whiskey at Morgan’s BBQ? You’ll be informed that they serve only American-produced bourbon and ‘what flavor profile would you like’ When you asked for the fucking well. Then it hit music festivals. And now apparently even Stravinsky can be repackaged for the 20-something Brooklynite and no one else.

— Stop Brooklyning Perfectly Good Stuff (Guelda Voien for The Observer)

Which, of course, makes me realize that much of my effort apparently wasn’t effort at all, but just ineffective stress added on top of something to make it feel like I’m doing the best I can.

— Relax for the same result (Derek Sivers for Sivers.org)

’I think my romantic view is that if you're dedicated to greatness, you sacrifice everything for the work’. - Max Linsky

'No, that's how dicks justify bad behavior'.” - Ira Glass

— Longform Podcast #159: Ira Glass (Ira Glass for the Longform Podcast)