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A Whisper in an Age of Shouting
- ruytlm 9y agoA refreshing read in an age of 'personal brands' and the like. I thoroughly hope there are others cut from the same cloth, doing the same kind of quiet good work today - not for pageviews or followers, but because it's the right thing to do.
- randcraw 9y agoLike a dark planetary body that invisibly perturbs the motion of an incandescent star, I suspect it's only by their influence on others who have fame that such people may be found, like the casual dedication on a park bench that turns out to be... unusual.
- exergy 9y agoQuiet good work I cannot speak to, but two that inspire me are the former Guns n Roses rhythm guitarist Izzy Stradlin and Mark Knopfler. Stradlin quit drugs, quit the band even when the band was at its peak, and basically makes music for himself now. You'll be hard pressed to find interviews of him on YouTube because he'd rather be riding his motorcycle. Knopfler has been doing gods work by weaving intricate storytelling into gentle rhythms for decades now.
- msielski 9y agoI enjoyed this, and was impressed that it was written by a high school senior.
- Freak_NL 9y agoI had to smile a little at this endearing bit of young naïveté: > The first thing I discovered was that almost nobody — not my parents, not my high-school teachers — knew who Stover was. I would be surprised if they did know.
- vinchuco 9y agoNot sure which is worse: clickbaity titles or mostly nondescriptive titles
- jacobush 9y agoBut it was descriptive
- coldtea 9y agoDry lifeless overly descriptive titles.
- blahman2 9y agoTaking into consideration that you are a person who posts quora articles on "what it is like to understand advanced mathematics" and "Kaspersky: Controversies", I think arrogance is the answer to your question, Mr math PhD :D
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- vinchuco 9y agommk
- Freak_NL 9y agoIf someone living in New York feels tempted to visit the memorial bench mentioned, why not take a moment to snap a picture and add it to the Charles Bunstein Stover Wikipedia article?