Every month, three of the best memes, themes and hacks are hand-picked from the outer reaches of the cosmic Interweb: March 2016.
1. When I’m gone – letters to a son from beyond the grave
Evocative and beautiful, this is one of the most poignant pieces you’re likely to read this week, month or year. A son’s account of reading a shoebox of letters left for him by his terminally ill father, to be opened at special moments in his life.
(Medio 10 minute read)
https://medium.com/life-tips/when-i-m-gone-f1611ceb759f#.ml544vyc9
2. Drugs and the meaning of life
‘If a person ingests 100 micrograms of LSD, what happens next will depend on a variety of factors, but there is no question something will happen. And boredom is simply not on the cards. Within the hour, the significance of his existence will bear down upon him like an avalanche.” Sam Harris riffing on psychedelics with a trademark clarity and humour that few can match.
(Grande 20 min listen)
http://www.samharris.org/podcast/item/drugs-and-the-meaning-of-life
3. Enjoy the ride, make glorious mistakes, make good art
The greatest commencement speech ever? Some may say that’s not much of an accolade – Seth Godin once said on commencement speeches: ‘a whole bunch of people who don’t want to hear from you waiting for you to be done’!, never-the-less, this talk is 20 minutes of magic from the much lauded author Neil Gaiman, speaking at London’s University of the Arts
(Medio 20 minute listen)
This post was written by Dan Irwin