Regarding hours, actually – to anyone who knows me, questioning how much time I put into what I do would be laughable. Brain Pickings is not how I make a living – it’s MY LIFE, Felix. Every waking moment goes into it one way or another – the enormous amount of time it takes to read books, to research, to meet with people, to interview, and even to do this right now, and of course to write 3 articles a day Monday through Friday, between 300 and 3000 words each. (Add to that the time of my proofreader and any intern at any given time, plus designer and developer when needed.) And here’s the thing – I do it not to “build an audience” or “generate revenue” or any of that, but because it gives me enormous joy and stimulation. It makes me excited to wake up and fulfilled to go to bed. And I guess what it boils down to is that the fraction of the world that’s ever come across Brain Pickings and cares will just have to take my word for it. Those who don’t are free to ask me questions, which I will always answer as honestly as I can and as completely as time permits, or they’re free to move on. But Brain Pickings is my home – and people interested in hostile takedowns, like Tom seems to be, rather than in understanding what moves me or having an intelligent conversation about things, are simply not welcome in it.

Live to blog. Blog to live.

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Originally Posted By ryanbrown

> No matter where you go on the web, you’re going to be served ads–it’s a sad fact of the modern Internet. Why not get ads tailor made for your interests? If you’re a young guy who likes Dave Matthews Band and works at a startup, it makes sense that you’d get shown ads for overpriced messenger bags. Maybe you’ll even buy one.

The really encouraging part: these people vote.

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Originally Posted By capitalnewyork

capitalnewyork:

Here’s Lillian Roberts, leader of the city’s largest public-employee union, discussing the end of what has been a particularly tough electoral cycle for organized labor. Read the story by Zachary Woolfe here.

This is our last installment in our five-part series called “The New York Vote,” made with our partnership between WNYC. We will be painted a portrait of the New York electorate in 2010, as explained by a diverse cast of political players. Check out all of our “New York Vote” profiles at WNYC.

Vote.

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