The parsimonious explanation for why you feel like a fraud is that you are one.
Dec 162015
Dec 152015
Perspective, n. In argument: A diversionary tactic.
Dec 142015
The nodes do not intend the network.
Dec 112015
We argue in bad faith because we have forgotten what convinced us or are embarrassed by it.
Dec 102015
Our feelings may not be sincere, but our feelings about our feelings always are.
Dec 092015
We never find ourselves explaining that we don’t care about the opinions of others to the others whose opinions we don’t care about.
Dec 082015
A solitary aphorism can be perfect; a collection of them can only be intolerable.
Dec 072015
Intellectuals place a great premium on intelligence, to draw attention from the fact that they are, as a class, quite thick.
Dec 042015
The political theorist knows where he wants to go but not how to get there, or how to stay there, having once arrived.
Dec 032015
Cool has always been good’s implacable enemy.