Taylor Lapeyre
@taylorlapeyre.bsky.social
It is an astonishment to be alive, and we should be astonished
the fact that refs have such a huge impact on almost every game of Basketball means that there's something fundamentally broken with the game right now
December 4, 2024 at 5:40 AM
the fact that refs have such a huge impact on almost every game of Basketball means that there's something fundamentally broken with the game right now
Update: he said True Things
Not going to read Kierkegaard for maybe another year, but feeling a very strong pull to know whatever that guy has to say
November 15, 2024 at 1:37 AM
Update: he said True Things
Read some books this year!
December 29, 2023 at 6:45 PM
Read some books this year!
The biggest gripe I have with Hobbes is that he is missing a really crucial human dimension in his work, which is aesthetics. He’s very concerned with “survivability,” but he has little to say about why we might prefer a “beautiful survival” or where that impulse could possibly come from.
October 10, 2023 at 3:54 PM
The biggest gripe I have with Hobbes is that he is missing a really crucial human dimension in his work, which is aesthetics. He’s very concerned with “survivability,” but he has little to say about why we might prefer a “beautiful survival” or where that impulse could possibly come from.
Read Hobbes and Spinoza for 7 hours and now brain is mush
October 10, 2023 at 3:05 AM
Read Hobbes and Spinoza for 7 hours and now brain is mush
Remembering in horror that one of my COVID symptoms was that every time I had to sneeze, I couldn’t. For like a month!
October 7, 2023 at 5:05 PM
Remembering in horror that one of my COVID symptoms was that every time I had to sneeze, I couldn’t. For like a month!
There is no reason to assume that anything that we see in our brief experience of human life is in any way obvious, normal, or unquestionable. It's all astonishing
July 25, 2023 at 8:37 PM
There is no reason to assume that anything that we see in our brief experience of human life is in any way obvious, normal, or unquestionable. It's all astonishing
I hope everyone has a great 4th of July! I feel very lucky to be an American
July 4, 2023 at 6:22 PM
I hope everyone has a great 4th of July! I feel very lucky to be an American
Not going to read Kierkegaard for maybe another year, but feeling a very strong pull to know whatever that guy has to say
July 4, 2023 at 4:57 PM
Not going to read Kierkegaard for maybe another year, but feeling a very strong pull to know whatever that guy has to say
Starting Don Quixote today. Excited!
July 3, 2023 at 10:16 PM
Starting Don Quixote today. Excited!
Good evening everyone. You’re living in a miracle. Please enjoy
July 3, 2023 at 3:09 AM
Good evening everyone. You’re living in a miracle. Please enjoy
Sometimes when I think about how much I love reading, I remember that the Phaedrus is right and get a little sad
July 1, 2023 at 7:29 PM
Sometimes when I think about how much I love reading, I remember that the Phaedrus is right and get a little sad
I’ll die on this hill: the “Rationalist movement” should be called the “Empiricist movement”
June 1, 2023 at 1:13 AM
I’ll die on this hill: the “Rationalist movement” should be called the “Empiricist movement”
Feeling literally ecstatic listening to Beethoven Piano Concerto 5 right now 🫠
May 31, 2023 at 2:38 AM
Feeling literally ecstatic listening to Beethoven Piano Concerto 5 right now 🫠
Unreasonably excited for WWDC
May 30, 2023 at 5:36 PM
Unreasonably excited for WWDC
Reading Francis Bacon made me realize that the scientific method is "a machine for converting physical effort into intelligence." Seems kind of obvious in some ways, but he makes it much more concrete
May 30, 2023 at 5:30 PM
Reading Francis Bacon made me realize that the scientific method is "a machine for converting physical effort into intelligence." Seems kind of obvious in some ways, but he makes it much more concrete
On the desk this morning:
- "A practical wedding planner" by Meg Keene
- Two translations of Francis Bacon's "The Great Renewal"
- 1979 Book of Common Prayer
- Penguin's "Book of English Verse" open to John Donne
Having a good feeling about this Sunday
- "A practical wedding planner" by Meg Keene
- Two translations of Francis Bacon's "The Great Renewal"
- 1979 Book of Common Prayer
- Penguin's "Book of English Verse" open to John Donne
Having a good feeling about this Sunday
May 28, 2023 at 5:25 PM
On the desk this morning:
- "A practical wedding planner" by Meg Keene
- Two translations of Francis Bacon's "The Great Renewal"
- 1979 Book of Common Prayer
- Penguin's "Book of English Verse" open to John Donne
Having a good feeling about this Sunday
- "A practical wedding planner" by Meg Keene
- Two translations of Francis Bacon's "The Great Renewal"
- 1979 Book of Common Prayer
- Penguin's "Book of English Verse" open to John Donne
Having a good feeling about this Sunday
Brahms Piano Sonata No. 1 goes too hard
May 18, 2023 at 9:10 PM
Brahms Piano Sonata No. 1 goes too hard
Holy shit John Donne is good
May 17, 2023 at 9:04 PM
Holy shit John Donne is good
I love little signs that the seasons are changing. Just saw my first swallow of the Spring in the park this morning.
May 17, 2023 at 2:47 PM
I love little signs that the seasons are changing. Just saw my first swallow of the Spring in the park this morning.
I don’t think he’s too sure about the bow tie
May 16, 2023 at 9:36 PM
I don’t think he’s too sure about the bow tie
