The Atlantic: the enemy of cool

Calculation is the enemy of cool, it seems. Earlier this year I spoke with Edward Slingerland, a professor of Asian studies at the University of British Columbia, who studies cool full-time. In a post called “How to Not Try,” he explained to me four approaches to not trying. I think about them constantly.
James Hamblin, The Atlantic

James Hamblin, “No one Wins the Breakup on Social Media,” The Atlantic, December 4th 2014.

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