The Chinese pirate more books than DVDs per year. In other news, it’s possible to pirate books.
“You can always tell a Harvard man when you see him, but you can’t tell him much.” (via AL Daily)
The darker side of graduate school, based on an Iowa City student who shot down five academics before killing himself.
The philosophy journal rejection letter, translated into English.
“Sometimes, though, authors themselves can be highly unreliable. Does Pontius Boulevard seem unreliable? Does the author, Balthus Poindexter? Do they both seem like men you shouldn’t trust any further than you could throw them?” (via Maud)
About those rock and roll novels (if Belle and Sebastian counts as rock and roll, that is)…
“Are people really who they appear to be? How can you be sure? For that matter, how do you know that you are who you think you are? After all, our identities are largely ‘constructed’ by others and by the documents in our wallets.”
The psychology of happiness, or as someone I’m very fond of puts it, how to live the good life.