Even the NYT and Slate get BoJack as do AV Club, Vulture and TIFF. Let’s hope the writing doesn’t go soft, PC or didactic (sadly it did go PC and didactic in a big way thereby cheapening the artistry). Peter Singer might well have approved except for the fact that the animals with higher cognitive ability (i.e. the fully anthropomorphized) treat the lower ones (such as…
“Yes.” What I’m thinking is that Louisiana fishermen would not dream of speaking of such things, of my own people, of a way of life. If there is such a thing as a Southern way of life, part of it has to do with not speaking of it. “Tom, I’m what you call a jack-of-all-trades,…
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Ah yes, a priesthood that is not at all interested in science and the pursuit of TRUTH. While it’s just tiresome to hear parents gushing about their novitiate children building an “academic” career (i.e. reheated cultural Marxism, activism dressed as inquiry, deploying the usual buzz words of identity and power), what is most disconcerting are their philosophical enablers, not just…
Shannon Selin’s blog postings here and here. Alternate historyGoetheHistoryNapoleonnapoleon in americashannon selin
Another instructive conversation — this time between Sam and Gad. Needless to say, the regressive mind will find the discussion too nuanced, civil and most importantly, too veritistic. gad saadislamLiberalismpolitical correctnessregressive leftReligionReligionOfPeacesam harris
Another reminder of the upcoming conference. Here is the full programme. See also this recent commemoration. Bounded RationalitycomplexityHerbert SimonMinds Models and Milieux: Commemorating the Centennial of the Birth of Herbert Simon
Long ago Hudeen gave up ordinary conversation. Her response to any greeting, question, or request is not the substance of language but its form. She utters sounds which have the cadence of agreement or exclamation or demurrer. Uhn-ohn-oh (I don’t know?); You say!, You say now!, Lawsymussyme (Lord have mercy on me?); Look out!—an all-purpose…
I’ve just learnt that there is newly published biography of Curtis Mayfield, a long overdue project I’d been hoping for over the past few years. acid soulCurtis Mayfieldgospelmusicsoul
I chanced across this new item at my off-licence and gave it an enthusiastic go, given the limited selection of bourbons usually on offer there. It is a blend, typically not my usual preference especially for Scotches, not on the grounds of snobbery (blends have 90% of the market and there are superb blends), but because I appreciate the…
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