A shot of JD

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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.