Hacker News: georgex7https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=georgex7Hacker News RSShttps://hnrss.org/hnrss v2.1.1Thu, 23 Jul 2026 03:24:26 +0000<![CDATA[John Banville, the Art of Fiction No. 200]]>Article URL: https://www.theparisreview.org/interviews/5907/the-art-of-fiction-no-200-john-banville

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]]>Wed, 22 Jul 2026 19:15:09 +0000https://www.theparisreview.org/interviews/5907/the-art-of-fiction-no-200-john-banvillegeorgex7https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49011993https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49011993<![CDATA[I Learned to Read Again]]>Article URL: https://substack.magazinenongrata.com/p/how-i-learned-to-read-again

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]]>Sun, 12 Jul 2026 18:22:15 +0000https://substack.magazinenongrata.com/p/how-i-learned-to-read-againgeorgex7https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48883238https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48883238<![CDATA[The Risk of Writing from Experience: How Fitzgerald's Final Novel Ruined Him]]>Article URL: https://anthonymarigold.substack.com/p/the-risk-of-writing-from-experience

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]]>Sat, 19 Oct 2024 02:08:53 +0000https://anthonymarigold.substack.com/p/the-risk-of-writing-from-experiencegeorgex7https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41885097https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41885097<![CDATA[James Salter, the Art of Fiction No. 133]]>Article URL: https://www.theparisreview.org/interviews/1930/the-art-of-fiction-no-133-james-salter

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]]>Tue, 30 Jan 2024 20:01:19 +0000https://www.theparisreview.org/interviews/1930/the-art-of-fiction-no-133-james-saltergeorgex7https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39194920https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39194920<![CDATA[New comment by georgex7 in "Psychedelics researcher approached his death with calm and curiosity"]]>Beautiful

]]>Sun, 05 Nov 2023 18:57:33 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38154355georgex7https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38154355https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38154355<![CDATA[Bret Easton Ellis, the Art of Fiction No. 216]]>Article URL: https://www.theparisreview.org/interviews/6127/the-art-of-fiction-no-216-bret-easton-ellis

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]]>Wed, 11 Oct 2023 16:52:23 +0000https://www.theparisreview.org/interviews/6127/the-art-of-fiction-no-216-bret-easton-ellisgeorgex7https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37846941https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37846941<![CDATA[The Nobel Prize in literature is prestigious, lucrative and bonkers]]>Article URL: https://www.economist.com/culture/2023/10/05/the-nobel-prize-in-literature-is-prestigious-lucrative-and-bonkers

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]]>Fri, 06 Oct 2023 19:57:06 +0000https://www.economist.com/culture/2023/10/05/the-nobel-prize-in-literature-is-prestigious-lucrative-and-bonkersgeorgex7https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37795493https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37795493<![CDATA[Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: I Worry What We’re Looking at Is the End of Curiosity]]>Article URL: https://www.theatlantic.com/books/archive/2023/10/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie-atlantic-festival-freedom-creativity/675513/

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]]>Wed, 04 Oct 2023 17:41:35 +0000https://www.theatlantic.com/books/archive/2023/10/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie-atlantic-festival-freedom-creativity/675513/georgex7https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37768835https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37768835<![CDATA[Contemplating New York: In a City with Everything, What Do You Want?]]>Article URL: https://arjunmad.substack.com/p/contemplating-new-york-in-a-city

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]]>Fri, 22 Sep 2023 17:36:42 +0000https://arjunmad.substack.com/p/contemplating-new-york-in-a-citygeorgex7https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37615029https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37615029<![CDATA[Book Review: Of Human Bondage by Somerset Maugham]]>Article URL: https://arjunmad.substack.com/p/of-human-bondage

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]]>Thu, 31 Aug 2023 01:49:40 +0000https://arjunmad.substack.com/p/of-human-bondagegeorgex7https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37331527https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37331527<![CDATA[Book Review of the Quiet American by Graham Greene]]>Article URL: https://arjunmad.substack.com/p/the-quiet-american-by-graham-greene

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]]>Wed, 16 Aug 2023 20:10:36 +0000https://arjunmad.substack.com/p/the-quiet-american-by-graham-greenegeorgex7https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37153008https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37153008<![CDATA[Review of the Sea by John Banville]]>Article URL: https://arjunmad.substack.com/p/the-sea-by-john-banville

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]]>Thu, 27 Jul 2023 02:06:55 +0000https://arjunmad.substack.com/p/the-sea-by-john-banvillegeorgex7https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36887982https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36887982<![CDATA[Slaughterhouse-Five]]>Article URL: https://arjunmad.substack.com/p/slaughterhouse-five

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]]>Wed, 21 Jun 2023 18:34:16 +0000https://arjunmad.substack.com/p/slaughterhouse-fivegeorgex7https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36422448https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36422448<![CDATA[The Pickup Artist]]>Article URL: https://arjunmad.substack.com/p/the-pickup-arist

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]]>Wed, 14 Jun 2023 20:25:12 +0000https://arjunmad.substack.com/p/the-pickup-aristgeorgex7https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36332078https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36332078<![CDATA[Recent Product Launches and Their Discontents]]>Article URL: https://backtohumanity.substack.com/p/recent-product-launches-and-their

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]]>Tue, 06 Jun 2023 03:55:05 +0000https://backtohumanity.substack.com/p/recent-product-launches-and-theirgeorgex7https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36207892https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36207892<![CDATA[I Am a Writer]]>Article URL: https://arjunmad.substack.com/p/i-am-a-writer

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]]>Mon, 05 Jun 2023 15:16:01 +0000https://arjunmad.substack.com/p/i-am-a-writergeorgex7https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36197409https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36197409<![CDATA[New comment by georgex7 in "I Don’t Use Dating Apps"]]>Just completely disagree. If there is a song you like, it is a normal thing to start sharing it with someone. If they hate it, turn it off. Exactly what I did.

]]>Fri, 28 Apr 2023 14:28:07 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35741659georgex7https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35741659https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35741659<![CDATA[New comment by georgex7 in "I Don’t Use Dating Apps"]]>I started reading poetry, she was uninterested, asked me to stop, I stopped. Where was there forcing?

]]>Fri, 28 Apr 2023 14:26:32 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35741644georgex7https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35741644https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35741644<![CDATA[New comment by georgex7 in "I Don’t Use Dating Apps"]]>Thank you for answering in good faith.

> People don't force (potential) romantic partners to do things they don't want to do anymore.

Offering up poetry--that can be accepted or denied (and denied in the case of Anna)--is not "forcing" anyone to do anything. She was uninterested, fine, but that is part of the problem. Why does no one care about literature, poetry, and music that brings us more in touch with ourselves? She had her way--by going back to the bedroom--is that the world we want to live in? Or do we want to go deeper?

> Consent is important not just in sex

There are certain times that someone may not want to do something. For example, I have a friend who did not want to go to therapy, but he eventually went because his girlfriend cared about it. Offering literature, poetry, therapy, etc to another person is not violating their rights, it is trying to show them a world they maybe unfamiliar with and that may benefit them. We cannot end up in a society where if a person immediately does not have a taste for a certain "activity" we concede immediately under the guise of "consent."

]]>Fri, 28 Apr 2023 04:42:00 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35737537georgex7https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35737537https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35737537<![CDATA[New comment by georgex7 in "I Don’t Use Dating Apps"]]>> "Meeting online" != "meeting on Tinder", though

Agree

> Match, eHarmony, and the like are more tuned to "real" (i.e., long-term) relationships, and Tinder... isn't.

Two points here: [1] There are 75 million people using Tinder each month (https://earthweb.com/tinder-statistics/#:~:text=6.44%20milli...), which is a significant amount of the population and it has an impact on culture. [2] These applications can encourage romance as it can exist outside of the first meeting, though: I would lose out on an opportunity to develop bravery (again, this is my experience) and these apps do not encourage beautiful first-time encounters with another person; I believe Match has the same swiping mechanism based on dimensions. None of them, to my understanding, try to replicate all of the emotions--fear, vulnerability, sensitivity--that in-person interactions demand. Those felt experiences are part of what create romance.

]]>Fri, 28 Apr 2023 04:34:26 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35737505georgex7https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35737505https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35737505