His point is that romantics constitute an important originating & motivating force. But tragedy, pessimism & lamentation only go so far •

Snarkmarket, the blog where I jam with Tim Carmody and Matt Thompson about media, journalism, culture, technology, cities, design, books, music, movies, the future & the past.
Current, the cable & satellite TV network and website co-founded by Al Gore and Joel Hyatt where I worked as a strategist and web generalist.
Poynter, the journalism school & think tank where I worked as a reporter & producer.

robinsloan at robinsloan dot com

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Here is my favorite haiku:

    Lighting one candle
with another candle—
    spring evening.

    Yosa Buson (1716-1783)

Robin Sloan