Gavril Nikolaev
Almost everything you read here was inspired by my long daily walks. The writing muse, it seems, likes to grace me with her presence only when my feet are in motion — a vital condition for composing my scattered thoughts and jotting them down in the notebook of the mind. And I’m far from alone … Read more
I’m not a very interesting person. That’s why I was excited to read Jessica Hagy‘s altogether indispensable How to Be Interesting, an upbeat guide to injecting more whimsy into your everyday. In a sentence or two, its pithy life lessons manage to paint deceptively simple diagrams and graphs that nudge you out of your comfort … Read more
“A writer must always tell the truth, unless he is a journalist,” Gore Vidal is said to have said. This rather pessimistic sentiment prompted me to read The Elements of Journalism by Bill Kovach and Tom Rosentiel, whose purpose in writing the book was “to identify common principles shared by people who called themselves journalists.” … Read more
Do you want to make the world a better place? Inequality, the slow pace of scientific discovery, and the lack of action on climate change are some of the things that you can affect if you have enough resources. But how do you do it? Enter How to Spend a Trillion Dollars, the ultimate thought … Read more