Hi Martin, Thank you for your response, which I really do appreciate. I have to agree I didn't take enough notice of your full title, or the little introduction, so for that I apologise. It doesn't change the way I feel about the constant overuse of the word consume, I just picked the wrong place to open fire. .(Maybe this would be a good topic for my own Substack page, on which I just wrote my first ever story.....cockroaches in New Guinea anyone?)
I started on Substack just this year with Simon Haisell's reading of War and Peace, which has been wonderful. One thing I've loved there is the very civil way people disagree with each other, so I did genuinely try to put my comment politely.
It's only now I've started looking round for sites I would like to read regularly, which is how I happened upon you. By the way, I love the art work on your page. Best wishes, Glenys
Ignited by your post, I'm about to start a one-woman war on this this grossly over-worked word "consume". So, with respect, may I please suggest that we 'read' books, we ' listen' to podcasts, and we 'watch' videos. If an all-embracing word is needed, we can say, "What I'm enjoying/interested in/engaged with/contemplating...." etc., etc., English is such a rich language; just because we are so often dubbed the 'consumer society' doesn't mean we have to jump on that merry-go-round, even to the extent of adopting consummer language when English is full of much better, richer, and more suitable words.
To explain my title a little. I’ve talked a few times in the past couple of years about being careful with what we expose our brains to. If we are what we eat then I believe we can become what we feed our brains each day. Hence the play on words in my title.
I hope you settle in on substack. It’s a place to reach out and build relationships. So far, it is a nice corner of the internet. I guess that’s why your comment jarred a little with the community here.
The Rest Is History are truly the Little and Large of the 21st Century Bien Pensant Middle Classes. I still love their work.
The Rest Is Politics US is not as bad as I feared when I heard the Mooch was involved but I still think he’s a t**t.
What do you reckon to Origin Story?
Peasant middle class? Not sure I understand.
Origin story looks really interesting. Will take a look.
Bien Pensant - come on Martin, get that schoolboy French in gear.
Great recommendations 👍🏻
Brain is going to be full and happy once it’s fed more of these lovely nuggets!! Thank you!!
Brilliant. Glad you enjoyed it.
How I Write has quickly become my favorite podcast. His interviews with Harry Dry with the Cultural Tutor were great!
Yes! The Harry dry one is great 👍🏻.
Naval's Almanack is a must read to anyone wanting to improve thyself. Thanks, Martin for the recommendations :)
Certainly is. So much to absorb in there.
Nice list of brain food!
Thanks Michael 🍔
The thing about the French Revolution, is that there was more than one! Thanks for all these recommendations.
Hi Martin, Thank you for your response, which I really do appreciate. I have to agree I didn't take enough notice of your full title, or the little introduction, so for that I apologise. It doesn't change the way I feel about the constant overuse of the word consume, I just picked the wrong place to open fire. .(Maybe this would be a good topic for my own Substack page, on which I just wrote my first ever story.....cockroaches in New Guinea anyone?)
I started on Substack just this year with Simon Haisell's reading of War and Peace, which has been wonderful. One thing I've loved there is the very civil way people disagree with each other, so I did genuinely try to put my comment politely.
It's only now I've started looking round for sites I would like to read regularly, which is how I happened upon you. By the way, I love the art work on your page. Best wishes, Glenys
Ignited by your post, I'm about to start a one-woman war on this this grossly over-worked word "consume". So, with respect, may I please suggest that we 'read' books, we ' listen' to podcasts, and we 'watch' videos. If an all-embracing word is needed, we can say, "What I'm enjoying/interested in/engaged with/contemplating...." etc., etc., English is such a rich language; just because we are so often dubbed the 'consumer society' doesn't mean we have to jump on that merry-go-round, even to the extent of adopting consummer language when English is full of much better, richer, and more suitable words.
Hi Glenys,
Thanks for stopping by.
To explain my title a little. I’ve talked a few times in the past couple of years about being careful with what we expose our brains to. If we are what we eat then I believe we can become what we feed our brains each day. Hence the play on words in my title.
I hope you settle in on substack. It’s a place to reach out and build relationships. So far, it is a nice corner of the internet. I guess that’s why your comment jarred a little with the community here.