This is going to be a great discussion - please listen to the show and join us in person if you'll be in Austin for SXSW EDU! THE CAREER ARTS from Princeton University Press will be available at the conference bookstore

PSA: Princeton University Press is having a 75% off sale of selected books right now, which means that the Carandini Atlas of Ancient Rome, which normally sells for $237, is now available for $59.25... 👀

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Meet Matt Rohal and 8 more session leaders at the Proctor Writing & Relaxation Retreat! 📖 🌅 Indulge in peaceful surroundings, guided writing sessions, and rejuvenating activities. More about Matt: bit.ly/3UwwKni Apply today: bit.ly/48vaMVV Princeton University Press

The book has a cover by which you may judge it. #college #phdlife #phdchat #AcademicTwitter #highered #writing

The political system tends to oligarchy by design. Public opinion has no effect on law and public policy. Politicians are elected with a “free mandate” and they use it to advance the interest of the ruling class against the people. This is systemic corruption.

Delighted that my book ‘Algorithms for the People: Democracy in the Age of AI’ has won a #PROSEaward in the Engineering and Technology category! Link below 👇 amazon.co.uk/Algorithms-Peo…

Cell phones in schools are security blankets for parents and do precisely nothing to meaningfully contribute to safety while absolutely wrecking teachers’ abilities to teach and students’ abilities to learn.

New op-ed at New Scientist, on how to react to weird scientific theories. Unfortunately, it’s paywalled, but feel free to email for a copy for personal use. newscientist.com/article/mg2613…

Also just out today, an op-ed on falling in love with AI and AI rights. Open access at Time magazine: time.com/6958856/does-a…

Thank you A Studio in the Woods for an amazing weeklong writing retreat in the woods. Making final edits to my book, "The Entrepreneurial Scholar", forthcoming with Princeton University Press. Grateful to my editor Matt Rohal for feedback that is both constructive and fun to read.

And now with a front cover!

Finished the corrections to the proofs for Citizen Marx. Book feels very real now!

“Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves, like locked rooms and like books that are now written in a very foreign tongue… the point is, to live everything. Live the questions now.” -Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet

Publication Day! Liberalism as a Way of Life, Princeton University Press I've tried my best to make liberalism exciting, deep, fun, and above all, relevant to who you are. Liberalism is the water that we swim in. Take a dip and get your copy here: t.ly/AAItp

Very pleased to have THINKING THROUGH WRITING coming out with Princeton University Press this week. Thanks to editorial team led by Matt Rohal and the marketing team led by Ken Barton. Think Strunk and White and critical thinking have a baby--if its ok to think about that.

I wrote an essay about my publishing at Princeton University Press. Charting Change in a Life’s Journey through Skills. Artwork by Kay WalkingStick, “Thom, Where are the Pocumtucks (The Oxbow)”. Because the river is everywhere, and so too is the current of learning press.princeton.edu/ideas/charting…

This is officially out today! amazon.co.uk/Parfit-Philoso…

Now that the false alternative to fascism has been defeated, and the techno-lux fascism of Trump/Musk will rule, we must build real, community-based & globally connected people’s power. Fascist oligarchy is an existential threat that can only be resisted with new ways of life.