I also have sympathy for Becca Rothfeld. She's a perfect example of the kind of credentialist striver who believes in "faking it until you make it," "committing to the bit," etc. I do think she's a talented writer, but she doesn't know how to think, and the fact that she's been elevated to her current position in her current state is going to make it hard for her to learn.
> in the same obsessive and intense way that Heidegger resented Nietzsche. In both cases, it was resentment of the precursor who may already have written all one’s best lines.
I think Russell and Aristotle should be added to that.
Did you know that Harvard tried to kill rhetoric? Silly, Harvard! Everyone is a social artist, whether they understand they are or not, whether they consciously try to be one, or not. Speaking is a form of art. Art is a form of ideation. Ideas can make even the worst rhetoric grow wings and take flight. Thus, Harvard is fucking stupid. Of course, there's other reasons Harvard is fucking stupid, but I know that you know. Lastly, Revolution is necessary, and believe it or not, we can create an extraordinary new social media about all of the ways to do the Peaceful Revolution for that (rEVOLUTION): www.humbledeeds.com
I also have sympathy for Becca Rothfeld. She's a perfect example of the kind of credentialist striver who believes in "faking it until you make it," "committing to the bit," etc. I do think she's a talented writer, but she doesn't know how to think, and the fact that she's been elevated to her current position in her current state is going to make it hard for her to learn.
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> in the same obsessive and intense way that Heidegger resented Nietzsche. In both cases, it was resentment of the precursor who may already have written all one’s best lines.
I think Russell and Aristotle should be added to that.
Did you know that Harvard tried to kill rhetoric? Silly, Harvard! Everyone is a social artist, whether they understand they are or not, whether they consciously try to be one, or not. Speaking is a form of art. Art is a form of ideation. Ideas can make even the worst rhetoric grow wings and take flight. Thus, Harvard is fucking stupid. Of course, there's other reasons Harvard is fucking stupid, but I know that you know. Lastly, Revolution is necessary, and believe it or not, we can create an extraordinary new social media about all of the ways to do the Peaceful Revolution for that (rEVOLUTION): www.humbledeeds.com