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Finally this guy says something that isn't bonkers

rare crossover for derek guy and Tyler Austin Harper 1. The Mayor did have drip, eh Derek? 2. Comrade Harper thinks the Mayor was right, actually

Philosophers literally every time you ask them anything:

One tip for remaining constructive *and* decent as an anonymous reviewer: ask yourself if you'd read your comments aloud at a seminar with the author sitting in front of you.

I guess the internet still works! After making a mild suggestion on someone's post that there might be some other variables at play in an explanation they gave, reply guys proceeded to tell me I am the worst.

I criticized Chris Freiman earlier today for some messy causal claims about Cambodian life expectancy. But what really matters is where we agree: it is always permissible to dunk on Marx

Pitch for a drama where a billionaire vigilante insists upon a strict deontic prohibition on killing but is completely fine with lying all the time. People will turn to him as an example of Kantianism (for some reason). We'll call him Batman

Grading a few exams stands between me and being completely done with grad school. Better drag it out and tweet a lot

Randomly placed reminder not to take my tweets too seriously.

Bog standard example of this website: I say something mildly critical of a causal claim regarding life expectancy in Cambodia. Response: Communists like my tweet and a bunch of others say I am the worst scum imaginable.

generally underrated quality of markets that is undermined by the politicization/polarization of commercial activity.

Let's consider the deeper issue at play (derogatory)

Really hoping Jude Law is selected as Pope despite not being young anymore

Everything is done. Just have to get that PhD conferred.

I am immensely proud of my students at the end of the term. A few shout-outs: Charlotte, who earned our department's award for Outstanding Student in Political Theory (pictured).

It's crazy how all these guys in the conclave have the same first name.

I've said it before and I'll say it again: the AI catastrophe leads one way only: to great books and to face-to-face intellectual community

I like this explanation but I also like the idea that he was like "always thought Leo was a sick name"

The "AI will read it for me" crowd overlaps with the Bankman-Fried "reading is a waste of time" crowd in that they both miss that reading isn't just about accessing propositional knowledge, it is (also) about changing the internal structure of your mind and soul

This radically increases the chances that the Vatican will stock Malort Jeppson’s Malört