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now: 4 October 2021

Going on for me right now:

Reading: Wherever You Go, There You Are by Jon Kabat-Zinn, The Extended Mind by Annie Murphy Paul, Rationality by Steven Pinker, Shutdown: How Covid Shook the World’s Economy by Adam Tooze, and Il Coltellino Svizzero by Annamaria Testa.

Podcasting: with Lee Miller at midlifing.net

Music listening: Villagers, A Winged Victory for the Sullen, Lorde, Sharon Van Etten, Max Richter, Ben Lukas Boysen, and The Cure .

Podcast listening: What’s Left of Philosophy?, Your Undivided Attention, Nature Track, Mac Power Users, Deep Questions with Cal Newport, Corriere Daily, Acid Horizon.

Writing: Very early stages of academic article exploring dance and modes of consumption (coming directly from article under review called Lithium Dancing (in plain sight)); collaborative writing with Paul Hughes.


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