In this episode, we talk about the drawbacks of being curious, introspective people searching for meaning. We talk about strange people, lonely people and a bunch more. Tim reads the ending of The Stranger.

Here are some timestamps:

00:30: What are the drawbacks of being curious, introspective people searching for meaning?01:00: Tom’s answer (being overpowered)05:00 related, Tim on Mary Wollstonecraft, wishing to be left alone 08:22 Notes about Camus’s The Stranger09:10 Tim’s answer (not interacting)12:00 Studs Terkel, Kurt Cobain, the mundane parts of people’s existence13:30 Encyclopedic people, catalogers, translators, etc.14:00 Tom’s terrible memory and how to meet people in the moment instead17:00 “We don’t pretend we have the answers”17:15 Educated people in the Beltway, etc. 18:25 Where are the lonely people who don’t have white collar jobs?18:50 Lonely people are on Facebook19:50 Walkie-talkies and CB Radios. 21:00 Seek You by Kristen Radtke23:00 The lady with the birdcage that Tim saw at the store28:00 People who just do weird lonely things; the internet and capitalism keeping us from seeing each other’s delicate uniqueness30:40 Tim’s Reading Corner: The Stranger

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