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Jünger’s diaries are “factual, nonjudgmental, noneditorialized” accounts of war which contain “almost no political, moral, or philosophical commentary”. He was a born warrior. Such people “experience war not as something to endure but as something meaningful to them, something they want to engage in more than anything else. Think about a born musician who gets clinically depressed if she is unable to play her instrument, and how differently she experiences a string quartet from the rest of us”

In which the writer takes his daughter to the show. “The thing about seeing Hamilton right now, at its peak moment, is that even before it begins, the theater is filled with wonder. Every single person would rather be here than anywhere else in the world. As a sportswriter, I often feel that sort of energy at the biggest events, at the Masters or the Super Bowl or the Olympics. People look at each other with the same wide-eyed expression: Can you believe we’re here?”

Streaming changes fundamentally our use of music. “Everything I heard before I was 12 formed a musical preconscious that was only occasionally accessible, in flashes and glimpses, before streaming came along. [Now] it is as though a box of photographs was discovered of my childhood. Not just the events these photographs capture, but the entire ambient world of the past. All of it comes back when you rediscover the music that was on when you were a child”

The IMF recants, and the question-mark in the headline is absolutely not needed. “Austerity policies not only generate substantial welfare costs due to supply-side channels, they also hurt demand—and thus worsen employment and unemployment … Some capital flows, such as foreign direct investment, do appear to confer the benefits claimed for them. But for others, particularly short-term capital flows, the benefits to growth are difficult to reap, whereas the risks, in terms of greater volatility and increased risk of crisis... Читать дальше...