When every single piece of media you consume is time-shifted, does that mean it's actually you that's time-shifted?

If this sounds impressive to you, you’re over thirty.

Then: I google "time-series visualization" and start work on a new version of my model, thinking that maybe I can impress her with a prototype. I am really into the kind of girl you can impress with a prototype.

But I kept at it with the help-wanted ads. My standards were sliding swiftly. At first I had insisted I would only work at a company with a mission I believed in. Then I thought maybe it would be fine as long as I was learning something new. After that I decided it just couldn't be evil. Now I was carefully delineating my personal definition of evil.

After that, the book will fade, the way all books fade in your mind. But I hope you will remember this: A man walking fast down a dark lonely street. Quick steps and hard breathing, all wonder and need. A bell above a door and the tinkle it makes. A clerk and a ladder and warm golden light, and then: the right book exactly, at exactly the right time.

A clerk and a ladder and warm golden light, and then: the right book exactly, at exactly the right time.

(about Kindles) I have one and I use it most nights. I always imagine the books staring and whispering, Traitor!