Cover art for the "Every Day Is Exactly the Same" EP by Rob Sheridan. Image via Nothing/Interscope Records. "Modernity: we created youth without heroism, age without wisdom, and life without grandeur." -Nassim Taleb One of my favourite Nine Inch Nails songs ever is "Every Day Is Exactly the Same." Released on 4 April 2006, it was … Continue reading Every Day Is Exactly the Same
Author: Lawrence Deveney
Meditations
Meditations by Marcus Aurelius (translated by Gregory Hays) Random House (15 May 2003) Amazon This is it. The book that has inspired people from all walks of life, from CEOs and world leaders to ordinary people alike. A favourite of Daily Stoic founder Ryan Holiday. The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius. Originally written in Koine Greek … Continue reading Meditations
Rules for Radicals
Rules for Radicals: A Pragmatic Primer for Realistic Radicals by Saul D. Alinsky Knopf US (26 March 1990) Amazon Rules for Radicals is one of my all-time favourites books, and one that can be applied to today's social and political climate in so many ways. Saul D. Alinsky was a community organiser and political theorist, … Continue reading Rules for Radicals
The Obstacle Is the Way
The Obstacle is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph by Ryan Holiday Portfolio (1 May 2014) Amazon The book that started a Stoicism revivalist movement, The Obstacle Is the Way is Ryan Holiday's way of figuring ancient philosophical ideas in the modern world. The idea is that the reader can take … Continue reading The Obstacle Is the Way
Everything Changes
Cover art for the "Everything Changes" single. Image via Flip/Atlantic Records. "Consider the lives led once by others, long ago, the lives to be led by others after you, the lives led even now, in foreign lands. How many people don't even know your name. How many will soon have forgotten it. How many offer … Continue reading Everything Changes
Lights Out
Cover art for the "Lights Out" single. Image via Atlantic Records. "Don't let the force of the impression when first it hits you knock you off your feet; just say to it, 'Hold on a moment; let me see who you are and what you represent. Let me put you to the test.'" -Epictetus "Lights … Continue reading Lights Out
Coming Undone
CD single artwork for "Coming Undone." Image via Virgin/EMI. "The world breaks everyone, and afterward many are strong at the broken places. But those that will not break it kills." -Ernest Hemingway "Coming Undone" was the second single from Korn's seventh album, See You on the Other Side. Released on 21 February 2006, it reached … Continue reading Coming Undone
The Big Picture
The Big Picture: Money and Power in Hollywood by Edward Jay Epstein Random House (10 January 2006) Amazon The Big Picture is a deep dive into just what goes into movie-making, and how studios make their money. If you're interested in Hollywood and the biz, you would be remiss not to read any of his … Continue reading The Big Picture
Just Stop
Cover art for the "Just Stop" CD single. Image via. Reprise Records. "No man should judge unless he asks himself in absolute honesty whether in a similar situation he might not have done the same. What is to give light must endure burning." -Viktor Frankl "Just Stop" was the third single released from Disturbed's Ten … Continue reading Just Stop
The Image
The Image: A Guide to Pseudo-Events in America by Daniel J. Boorstin Vintage (1 September 1992) Amazon One of the best books I've read on media, ever. The Image examines how modern life became dominated by manufactured realities. Events, people, and experiences are created to be reported, promoted, and consumed. Author Daniel Boorstin argues that … Continue reading The Image
Lawrence Deveney 