Author: tonyofla

Geoff Dyer’s essay about the erotics of the anonymous space is again available online thanks to Slate Magazine. “You look out through the smear-free windows at the soundless city that could be any city. No one can see you, and even if they do it’s not you they see: All they can make out—as in…

The Mind is Flat: The Illusion of Mental Depth and The Improvised Mind  by Nick Chater I’ve lost count of the number of popular science books I started and never manage to finish. I’m attracted to them by reviews that make them sound more accessible than they often turn out to be. I got to the…