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I avoided the personal because my thoughts on that front are too navel-gazing and too negative. I’ve never felt less “sharp” as a philosopher, and the deficit prompts a measure of shame. I tell myself it’s a function of being too caught up in administrative work, and that the greater part of being “sharp” in philosophy, as in most things, is putting in the time. This is the fabled “growth mindset,” a therapy for “imposter syndrome.” When someone is “effortlessly brilliant,” their brilliance is, in almost every case, the visible 1% of an iceberg of hard work.
Why Bother?
Kieran Setiya
Workers have no social safety net because the companies that have rendered them jobless show no profits and pay no taxes.
Survival of the Richest
Douglas Rushkoff
In 1564, the Church launched the index of prohibited books while warning that only “learned and pious men” should be allowed to read the Bible in translation; laymen would still be allowed to read the Bible in Latin. In 1593, Pope Clement, a staunch opponent of disinformation, withdrew permission for laymen of whatever levels of piety to read the Bible at all, a prohibition that lasted until the middle of the 18th century.
The Chained Reader
David Samuels
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