reread this recently, thinking "perhaps a 49 year old will get something out of it that a 12 year old missed" Nope. Still a boring little story about boring little people. (Much better than Catcher in the Rye, though!)https://twitter.com/AlanLevinovitz/status/1305560986221457411 …
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The end of Gatsby is Nick realizing that they were all chasing a mirage of happiness, or rather ...vanity
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"So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past"pic.twitter.com/95DPFi4S61
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I like Fitzgerald but I think his short stories are better than his novel-length works. And in particular, his description of who is meant to be a writer always struck me as insightful.https://twitter.com/moritheil/status/950589728620994560 …
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Also I would characterize obsessive social ladder climbing as "sociopaths playing pointless games *that happen to be tied to all the resource distribution and system-approved use of force*, and therefore have the highest possible stakes."https://twitter.com/MorlockP/status/1305625732006252552 …
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