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Summer 2017

Summer 2017

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An Interesting Fact, Incidentally Facing of Necessity Kurt Vonnegut Essential They are so grateful Benjamin Franklin

Essays

Six Rules for Becoming Human six rules On Fear Alexander Piatigorsky Facing of Necessity Kurt Vonnegut On a Scale from One to Ten Donald S. Lopez, Jr. Second Preamble to the Six Rules Arnis Rītups

Interviews

Hilary Putnam The only way you can avoid talking nonsense is by restricting yourself to banalities. Leonard Susskind Every indication from fundamental physics suggests the laws of physics can change from place to place. Peter Brown A good historian is like a good translator. He brings the meaning out of the past without imposing the meaning. Umberto Eco My memory is full of lives of other people. I haven’t lived seventy years; I’ve lived seventy thousand years. Oleg Karavaichuk I’m destined to punch people’s faces. This is my playing; I’m punching faces. Wallace Shawn I have one of the most fun lives of anybody because I don’t work; I put on plays, I act in movies, I write whatever I feel like. My life is outrageous. Kira Muratova What do I film? Provincial drama. I have no desire for any noise, poise or pride. Christopher Ricks I’ve been to museums that are full of plates, but I’ve never seen a plate that would make any difference to my life. Ilya Kabakov I was a little child when I realized that living in this world is impossible.