Il Piacere- Gabriele D’Anunzio (1889)
April 30, 2022
“La sensibilità de’ suoi nervi era così acuta che ogni minima sensazione a lui data dalle cose esteriori pareva una ferita profonda. Egli aveva tutto
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Shame Culture vs Guilt Culture
April 25, 2022
I am reading the Iliad right now. The intro discusses the difference between an honor/shame culture and a guilt culture. The standard Greek culture was
Causes and Mitigating Effects in Complex Systems
April 21, 2022
Based on a snippet of a conversation in a podcast I had been listening to this morning, I was thinking today about predictions based on
Haggling
March 24, 2022
So I hate haggling. Some people love it. They seem to enjoy going in and seeing if they can get a better price for the
More realizations
March 23, 2022
Well, maybe not realizations specifically. I was aware when I put the last post up that it might come off as kind of whiny or
Realizations
March 21, 2022
Over the last few months I’ve come to several realizations about myself. Hopefully these lead to some changes. The first realization is that I’m just
Florida Vacation: Miami
February 16, 2022
The main point of this vacation was to spend Valentine’s in Miami. We drove from Orlando to Miami on Sunday morning, which gave us a chance
Florida Vacation: Epcot
February 16, 2022
So in my mission to see all the states (except maybe Hawaii), we went to Florida for Valentine’s Day. We flew to Orlando on Friday
Why would you want a society where people are left out?
February 8, 2022
I had a conversation a few days ago on the nature of how we ought to structure society. It was driven by a podcast over
Ultime Lettere di Jacopo Ortis by Ugo Foscolo (1816)
January 31, 2022
This Italian book was written as a series of letters from Jacopo to his friend Lorenzo. Jacopo is a young patriot who flees his hometown
“I have more intellectual pursuits, and less intellect with which to pursue them.”
The domain name is a play on my name: David Laurance. David is of Hebrew origin and means something like “beloved”, and my middle name “Laurance” is derived from the name of a great aunt “Laura” back somewhere in the ancestry. The male equivalent is Lawrence, or Larry…. so… “beloved Larry” > everyone loves Larry.