“A wealth of information creates a poverty of attention.” – Herbert Simon — Thursday April 18th — —

“The idea is to die young as late as possible.” — Ashley Montagu — Thursday April 18th — —

“I love listening. It is one of the only spaces where you can be still and moved at the same time.” — Nayyirah Waheed — Thursday April 18th — —

On Himalayan Hillsides Grows Japan’s Cold, Hard Cash

A shrub in impoverished Nepal now supplies the raw material for the bank notes used in Asia’s most sophisticated financial system.