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Recent Comments
- Comment on Sounds 12-22 by Stephen SipersteinPosted in: Choate RH 2022 In reply to Kelvin Liu. That's a question we could perhaps answer by delving deeply into Thoreau's journals!
- Comment on Sounds 12-22 by Stephen SipersteinPosted in: Choate RH 2022 In reply to Cons. Maybe, but I think he would have also disliked them and the ways in which they were central to the spread of contemporary global capitalism (as well as the way in which they cause environmental harm).
- Comment on Sounds 1-11 by Stephen SipersteinPosted in: Choate RH 2022 In reply to Max. Thoreau had a very particular writing routine as well that involved both writing in the field (in small notebooks) and then rewriting those observations into his larger journal at the end of the day and then eventually using those longer journal entries to craft his published […]
- Comment on Sounds 1-11 by Stephen SipersteinPosted in: Choate RH 2022 In reply to Eric Zhu. You might find this article interesting (about the history of time and capitalism): https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2016/12/a-brief-economic-history-of-time/510566/
- Comment on Sounds 1-11 by Stephen SipersteinPosted in: Choate RH 2022 In reply to Erin. I'm super curious, Erin: What made your classroom time on the west coast feel more relaxed?