On 8 things from last week (12/11/23)

Watch The Rehearsal. dir. Nathan Fielder. This was not what I thought it was. The first of six episodes is a trick—oh, great! it’s a serial structure where each episode involves a different person rehearsing something. But, as someone familiar with Fielder’s final season of Nathan For You, I should have expected something a lot wilder and stranger. … Continue reading On 8 things from last week (12/11/23) →

On geographical ignorance

Sometimes I think that when I tap out a quick post, the topic will just go *poof* from my mind. As in, there! are you happy now? I’ve BLOGGED about you! This doesn’t often work. It really hasn’t worked this week, as I race through Mindset, gobbling up what is admittedly a middling read—a real … Continue reading On geographical ignorance →

On diverging mindsets

I just picked up Carol Dweck’s Mindset and I’m already—just 70 pages in!—grappling with its implications on my life. While I was already familiar with the basic distinction between “fixed mindset” and “growth mindset,” it became apparent that I’d never actually thought about them. I knew the concepts but I didn’t understand them. I see … Continue reading On diverging mindsets →