December 17, 2021

Things I liked this week (Week 50, 2021)

↑ By Chris Burkard

1. Leon Kass on friendships based upon character: "The best of those friendships — and this, I think, over a lifetime, I’ve come to endorse — the deepest and richest and most permanent friendship, he says, is the friendship not of doing deeds in common, but the friendship of sharing speeches and thoughts, a friendship of seeking understanding, a friendship that is in some way philosophical. There’s no topic’s off limits. And you can spend a lifetime and never get to the end of the conversation." From David Brooks Interviews Leon Kass for The Ezra Klein Show. I have some of these friendships and they have buoyed me through these tough times. My holiday wish for you is to have/find/cultivate relationships like this!

2. Now let's do some travelling for this last message of this year:

3. Sail through streamers of the Sun's plasma.

4. Talk to a robot in Estonia.

5. Take a nighttime train ride in Japan.

6. Float in space with one of Saturn's icy moons.

7. Fly above some winter boats in my town.

8. Check out some Mammoths made of lights.

I hope you have a peaceful and safe holiday season!

~ Guy