Monthly Archives: May 2020

The Problem with Intellectuals, and Thomas Sowell

[Updated with additional discussion and context for Sowell interview on 06/11/2020] A growing distaste for intellectuals as intellectuals is one of the things that subtly pushed me away from academia even as I moved further into its depths as a … Continue reading

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What Finishing a PhD Taught Me

After four and half years, I can finally politely request that you call me Doctor. It’s still a little surreal, in part because I’ve ended up in a job where my scholarly credentials are less important than in academia, but … Continue reading

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breakfast. [jazz hop/lofi]

I hope your week is off to a good start, whatever that means for you. This is the mix that got me going while enjoying some coffee this morning. Courtesy of The Jazz Hop Cafe:

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