What do you remember from your years at school? What is good and bad about nostalgia?

I Remember by Joe Brainard: https://sites.evergreen.edu/statements/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2014/09/I-Remember-Joe-Brainard-1.pdf

Member Berries: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndI9vkgw_1Y

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"Constraints breed creativity." Sure, but in this podcast we go a bit deeper into what else constraints do.

Charles Bernstein's Experimental Writing Syllabus: http://writing.upenn.edu/bernstein/syllabi/111-intro.html

James Thurber's The Wonderful O: https://www.amazon.com/Wonderful-York-Review-Childrens-Collection/dp/1590173090

Slash Keyboard: https://tapslash.com/

Language is a Virus: http://www.languageisavirus.com/cutupmachine.html

Orbital: http://orbital.nyc/

Quora Link: https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-difference-between-constraint-and-restraint/answer/Douglas-Ivey-1

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The Barrcast is back from Thailand and more than a little jet-lagged in this episode!

RIP Bhumibol Adulyadej
Dan Carlin's Common Sense: 310 – Or Else (http://www.dancarlin.com/common-sense-home-landing-page/)
Roosevelt to Reagan: A Reporter's Encounters With Nine Presidents (https://www.amazon.com/Roosevelt-Reagan-Reporters-Encounters-Presidents/dp/0060390670)
ZODIAC MOTHERFUCKER (https://twitter.com/ZODIAC_MF)

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In a rare departure for the Barrcast, we discuss the startup industry and the merits of a popular piece of jargon, "Strong opinions, weakly held."

Atwood: https://blog.codinghorror.com/strong-opinions-weakly-held/
Wilson: http://avc.com/2016/06/strong-views-weakly-held/
High Output Management: https://www.amazon.com/High-Output-Management-Andrew-Grove/dp/0679762884

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It's time for some fall-cleaning here at the Barrcast! In this episode we race through several topics that have been languishing in the queue. Specifically:

- Work / Life & Mind / Body balance
- Paralysis vs. Preservation
- Putting yourself in someone else's shoes is a mistake
- What got you here won't get you goin'
- Preparedness bifurcation

You can download l8r here: http://appstore.com/l8r. The Zidane film we mention is called Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait.
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In this episode we contemplate output, Gombrowicz, and the interplay between criticism and art.

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In this mini-episode we challenge Shelly Kagan's claim that we are lucky to be alive.

Full course: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEA18FAF1AD9047B0. Episode #23 is the one we're reacting to.

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In this mini-episode we read from Gertrude Stein's portrait on Picasso.

Full text: www.rodoni.ch/PICASSO/Stein-on-Picasso.pdf

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In this episode we talk about nihilism, or at least my conception of it. We explore the claim that rather than getting past nihilism, we should embrace it, incorporate it, and employ it from time to time as a tool.

We discuss two great texts:

The Parable of the Madman: http://www.historyguide.org/europe/madman.html
The Snow Man: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems-and-poets/poems/detail/45235

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In episode 10 we're joined by our friend Bruno Valle(https://twitter.com/brunovalle) to discuss the narrative around the Olympics in Rio, where Bruno lives. Later (27:00), we talk more about Meaningness and Bruno makes the case for his Stage 5 status.

Further reading:
* meaningness.com/metablog/how-to-think
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plague_Inc

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