Weekly Filet #208: Inside the neurosurgeon's head. And more.
1. Anatomy of Error (The New Yorker)
«As I approach the end of my career I feel an increasing obligation to bear witness to past mistakes I have made.» Says Henry Marsh, whose mistakes have ended lives. Great profile of a neurosurgeon who has published a remarkable memoir. From the profile: «He is the Knausgaard of neurosurgery: he writes about his errors because he wants to confess them, and because he’s interested in his inner life and how it’s been changed, over time, by the making of mistakes.»
2. Split Image (ESPN)
A sad story. This bit stuck with me: «With Instagram, one thing has changed: the amount we consume of one another's edited lives.»
3. The rise and fall of Silk Road, part 2 (Wired)
Part 2 of the fantastic piece I've recommended two weeks ago is now available. If you've read part 1, you've been craving for this, if not, you're missing something.
4. The Slow Show's favourite songs (78songs.com)
I got one of my favourite bands to share a playlist of their favourite songs on 78songs.com. Hit play, enjoy.
5. Gimlet’s New Mystery Show Podcast Revealed (Gimlet Media)
Next Friday, podcasting boutique Gimlet is launching a new show about mysteries. Judging from the trailer, this could be great.
Recommended by Gabriel Vetter: Write a House
Write a house is, simply put, a Detroit based project that gives away a writer's residence to an author each year. What's special: The residence is permanent, as in: forever. If you get selected, you get to keep the newly refurbished home. Since the struggling Motor City is full of empty houses and writers are always in lack of residence, well, then «Write a house» a classic win-win thing. The first house was given away last year; the application process for the second home has just started and ends in June.
May guest curator: Gabriel Vetter is a slam-poet and writer from Switzerland. He is the head writer and one of the protagonists of a TV-series called «Güsel – Die Abfalldetektive» (literally: the trash detectives), which is so great you should actually learn Swiss German just to understand it. You can follow Gabriel on Twitter, at your own risk, of course.
One more thing:
I've added a new feature to explore the vast Weekly Filet archive. Check it out.