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David Bowie Gets Philosophical in This Obscure Interview

As the world remembers David Bowie, this interview takes us to the heart of his art.

 Katie Felber
01.11.16

In this candid interview with Guillaume Durand for French television, David Bowie introduces his 2002 album, Heathen, which was considered a comeback album in the States and garnered some of his best reviews since the 1983 release Let’s Dance. Worldwide, it sold more than 2 million copies and enjoyed a four-month run on the U.K. charts.

The album’s themes tend toward the darker side, but as Bowie notes, alienation and isolation are themes that have appeared throughout his work. Considering the current climate in America and around the world, this interview is notably fitting in its discussion of life, death, and the anxiety of the human condition.

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Around 3:13, Bowie uses Nietzsche as a springboard to discuss how to live an evolved life:

“We may in fact not have a purpose. Are we big enough or mature enough to accept that there’s no ‘plan’, there’s no ‘going somewhere,’ there’s no gift of immortality at the end of this if we evolve far enough? … Well, maybe we can’t live like that. Maybe we have to exist and live on the idea that we have one day at a time to live—and can we do that? Because if we could do that, we may be serving some really great thing.”

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Tori, the Target manager who was Tweet-shamed by an irate cheapskate, just got a $30,000 vacation

A satisfying conclusion to an infuriating story.

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Last Friday, GOOD reported on an infuriating incident that went down at a Massachusetts Target.

A Target manager who's come to be known as "Target Tori," was harassed by Twitter troll David Leavitt for not selling him an $89 Oral-B Pro 5000 toothbrush for a penny.

He describes himself as a "multimedia journalist who has worked for CBS, AXS, Yahoo, and others."

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The world is rallying around Tori, the Target employee Tweet-shamed by an irate cheapskate

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Anyone who has ever worked in retail knows that the worst thing about the job, right after the pay, are the unreasonable cheapskates who "want to talk to your manager" to get some money off an item.

They think that throwing a tantrum will save them a few bucks and don't care if they completely embarrass themselves in the process. Sometimes that involves belittling the poor employee who's just trying to get through their day with an ounce of dignity.

Twitter is rallying around a gal named Tori who works at a Target in Massachusetts after she was tweet-shamed by irate chapekate, journalist, and Twitter troll, David Leavitt.

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A boss in England gives nonsmokers four extra days off a year

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In a typical work day, people who smoke take more breaks than those who do not. Every few hours they pop outside to have a smoke and usually take a coworker with them.

Don Bryden, Managing director at KCJ Training and Employment Solutions in Swindon, England, thinks that nonsmokers and smokers should be treated equally, so he's giving those who refrain from smoking four extra days to compensate.

Funny enough, Bryden is a smoker himself.

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