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Causes
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By Goofy Snob

A Goofy Snob gives because they want to, not because they have to. Philanthropy is a tricky business. It is a world full of good intentions, but als...

Clubs
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By Goofy Snob

GOOFY SNOB CLUBS: THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO EXCLUSIVE SOCIETIES From smoke-filled rooms at Yale to gilded Manhattan townhouses, from shadowy Bilderberg c...

Hotels
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By Goofy Snob

GOOFY SNOB HOTELS: A CONNOISSEUR'S GUIDE TO THE WORLD'S MOST EXCLUSIVE ACCOMMODATIONS The difference between a hotel and a Goofy Snob hotel is the di...

Prizes
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By Goofy Snob

A prize is only as good as the people who have won it. And the people who haven’t. In a world that seems to hand out trophies for mere participation...

Schools
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By Goofy Snob

The purpose of a Goofy Snob education is not to learn the answers, but to learn how to ask the right questions. For the Goofy Snob, education is not...

Secrets
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By Goofy Snob

The best-kept secrets are the ones that are hidden in plain sight. For the Goofy Snob, a secret is not something to be hoarded, but something to be ...

Slang
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By Goofy Snob

# Goofy Snob Slang: A Generational Lexicon Language is the ultimate gatekeeping mechanism. While wealth can be acquired and manners learned, the subt...

Societies
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By Goofy Snob

GOOFY SNOB SOCIETIES: THE INVISIBLE ARCHITECTURE OF ELITE POWER While clubs provide physical spaces for elite gathering and secret societies offer ri...

Iconoclasts
Historic Goofy Snobs: A Roster of Iconoclasts
By Goofy Snob

Historic Goofy Snobs: A Roster of Iconoclasts To be a Goofy Snob is to walk a fine line. It is to be a master of your craft, yet to refuse to be boun...

Hotels
Goofy Snob Hotels: Paris
By Goofy Snob

Goofy Snob Hotels: Paris The City of Light has been separating the merely wealthy from the truly discerning since long before the word "luxury" beca...

Hotels
Goofy Snob Hotels: London
By Goofy Snob

Goofy Snob Hotels: London London's hotel scene separates old money from new money faster than a Mayfair tailor. The city offers establishments where...

Architecture
Goofy Snobs Know About Architecture
By Goofy Snob

Goofy Snobs Know About Architecture Hello, you goofy snobs out there. Sometimes it's worth looking up, and to the left and to the right, and noticin...

Hotels
Berlin: A Goofy Snob's Guide to the Only Ten Hotels That Matter
By Goofy Snob

Berlin: A Goofy Snob's Guide to the Only Ten Hotels That Matter Berlin, a city perpetually caught between its grim, glorious past and its relentless...

Hotels
Goofy Snob Hotels: Dubai
By Goofy Snob

Goofy Snob Hotels: Dubai Dubai understands that excess, when executed with precision, becomes art. The city offers hotels that make Vegas look restr...

Hotels
Hong Kong: A Goofy Snob's Guide to the Only Acceptable Places to Sleep
By Goofy Snob

Hong Kong: A Goofy Snob's Guide to the Only Acceptable Places to Sleep One simply does not "visit" Hong Kong; one arrives, expecting the city to per...

Hotels
Madrid: A Goofy Snob's Guide to the Grandest Stays
By Goofy Snob

Madrid: A Goofy Snob's Guide to the Grandest Stays The Spanish capital, Madrid, is not merely a city; it is a declaration. A declaration of art, of ...

Hotels
The Goofy Snob's Guide to Monaco: Where to Park Your Yacht and Your Ego
By Goofy Snob

The Goofy Snob's Guide to Monaco: Where to Park Your Yacht and Your Ego Monaco. The very name whispers of tax shelters, Grand Prix adrenaline, and t...

Hotels
Goofy Snob Hotels: New York City
By Goofy Snob

Goofy Snob Hotels: New York City New York separates those who simply have money from those who know what to do with it. The city offers establishmen...

Hotels
Rome: Where the Goofy Snob Finds Their Eternal Home
By Goofy Snob

Rome: Where the Goofy Snob Finds Their Eternal Home The Eternal City. A place of ancient ruins, Renaissance masterpieces, and, most importantly, an ...

Hotels
Singapore: A Goofy Snob's Guide to the Lion City's Most Decadent Dens
By Goofy Snob

Singapore: A Goofy Snob's Guide to the Lion City's Most Decadent Dens Welcome, fellow connoisseurs of the finer things—and by "finer," we mean the t...

History
The Greatest Math Geniuses of All Time
By Goofy Snob

The Greatest Math Geniuses of All Time Does math give you the creeps, you goofy snob? Well, you better learn at least 1 plus 1 equals 3. And below a...

Math Geniuses
Math Geniuses
By Goofy Snob

As any Goofy Snob knows math is something you're really good at or really bad at, depending on what you were told at age 9. Below is a summary of our ...

Arts
The Art of Disappearance: Urs Fischer's Melting Monuments
By Goofy Snobs

Not a house on an island. Not a yacht in Monaco. Not even a Basquiat hanging in a climate-controlled vault. Urs Fischer creates art designed to vanish...

Arts
The Youngest Artist at Gagosian: Anna Weyant and the Price of Prodigy
By Goofy Snobs

At twenty-seven, Anna Weyant became the youngest artist ever to join Gagosian Gallery—the most powerful art gallery network in the world, representing...

Arts
Layers of Meaning: Paulina Cerda's Abstract Investigations
By Goofy Snobs

Paulina Cerda does not represent. She constructs visual systems where the background, far from being hidden, becomes an active part of the work. The C...

Arts
The Ghost in the Machine: Peter Lake's Anonymous Empire
By Goofy Snobs

Who the fuck is Peter Lake? It is the question everyone asks and no one can answer. Not fans. Not journalists. Not even the music industry profession...

Philosophize Me
A Free Man's Worship
By Bertrand Russell

> "To Dr. Faustus in his study Mephistopheles told the history of the Creation, saying: 'The endless praises of the choirs of angels had begun to grow...

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In Praise of Idleness
By Bertrand Russell

> "I want to say, in all seriousness, that a great deal of harm is being done in the modern world by belief in the virtuousness of work, and that the ...

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The Value of Philosophy
By Bertrand Russell

> "Philosophy is to be studied, not for the sake of any definite answers to its questions, since no definite answers can, as a rule, be known to be tr...

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Is Life Worth Living?
By William James

> "If this life be not a real fight, in which something is eternally gained for the universe by success, it is no better than a game of private theatr...

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The Will to Believe
By William James

> "Our passional nature not only lawfully may, but must, decide an option between propositions, whenever it is a genuine option that cannot by its nat...

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The Stream of Thought
By William James

> "Consciousness, then, does not appear to itself chopped up in bits. Such words as 'chain' or 'train' do not describe it fitly... It is nothing joint...

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What Makes a Life Significant
By William James

> "The solid meaning of life is always the same eternal thing,—the marriage, namely, of some unhabitual ideal, however special, with some fidelity, co...

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Free Thought and Official Propaganda
By Bertrand Russell

> "It is clear that thought is not free if the profession of certain opinions makes it impossible to earn a living." In this 1922 lecture, Bertrand R...