Jan
10
Acquiring has supplanted inquisitive use as the self-realizing activity.
Marginal Utility: The alluring danger of dilettantism
There is no small dose of irony in the fact that I saved this article to Instapaper to read later (“acquiring” it) rather than actually “consuming” it (“inquisitive use”) now. But the larger quote posted by tristanjay7 and jhnbrssndn is very interesting.