Finally, a profile on #FrankWarren - the person behind @postsecret #postsecret
(Thanks @theBrowser #theBrowser for link!) 📨🤫👍 https://hazlitt.net/longreads/dark-matter
Dark Matter | Hazlitt

For twenty years, PostSecret has broadcast suburban America’s hidden truths—and revealed the limits of limitless disclosure. 

Hazlitt

112, 131, ...?

144, of course! :-) Looking forward...

#cryptic #crossword #TheBrowser

Sometimes I think people get too focused on being "data driven". But this piece by Max Roser concisely covers why we need #data if we seek to understand the world: https://ourworldindata.org/limits-personal-experience via #TheBrowser #learning
The limits of our personal experience and the value of statistics

The world is huge; to get a clear idea of what our world is like, we have to rely on carefully collected, well-documented statistics.

Our World in Data

“The most common reason people made a deal with the Devil, according to these accounts, was the desire to play a musical instrument.”

https://tedgioia.substack.com/p/the-real-story-of-blues-legend-robert?

i don't believe in "the Devil" per se, but i understand...
#music #blues #bluesmusic #RobertJohnson #RIPALX #gtrxela #longread #longform via #TheBrowser

The Real Story of Blues Legend Robert Johnson's 'Deal with the Devil' at the Crossroads

In this section from my new book, I uncover neglected source materials from the 1930s and provide new insights into the most famous story in blues history

The Honest Broker