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William Deresiewicz on solitude →

“The two emotions, loneliness and boredom, are closely allied.”

tags: boredom, loneliness, solitude | # | comment Mar. 15th, 2009

William Deresiewicz on the disadvantages of an elite university education →

It makes you incapable of talking to people unlike you; inculcates a false sense of self-worth; offers too much security; and trains leaders, not thinkers, argues Deresiewicz. Also, he discusses the importance of solitude.

tags: education, ideas, solitude | # | comment Jul. 21st, 2008

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