What Hemingway Would Think of the Internet

Wired by Marty Beckerman | Jul. 2, 2011 (Opinion)

If Ernest Hemingway hadn’t killed himself 50 years ago today at age 61, he probably would have died by now anyway. (No human liver could withstand more than a century of nonstop alcoholic pummeling. Not even Papa’s.)

But Newsweek can fantasize about Princess Diana cheating death, so we can imagine Hemingway walking — or staggering — among us in 2011. What would the hard-drinking, adventure-loving writer think of our modern technological ... Full Story »

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Subjects: Business, Sci/Tech, Living, Media, Entertainment, Community
Topics: Internet, Arts, Social Networks, Books
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Posted by: Posted by Fabrice Florin - Jul 2, 2011 - 6:05 AM PDT
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Sirajul Islam
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 by Sirajul Islam - Jul. 2, 2012

Attention-grabbing article! I think this piece of writing endowed with an out of the ordinary point of view, somewhat special to wonder about.

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Fabrice Florin
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 by Fabrice Florin - Jul. 2, 2011
Fabrice posted this story.
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Paul Stambaugh
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 by Paul Stambaugh - Jul. 1, 2012

Hilarious piece with statements like this "The thrill of a retweet from Roger Ebert or Ashton Kutcher will never compare to the thrill of running with (more like from) the bulls or fighting a pack of voracious sharks over the remains of a prize-catch marlin." - in general brings up some good points about this flash culture we live in.

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