I have met them. They’re not THAT hulking.

I WANT ONE!

That’s how the papers of mine I end up liking most all happen.

I do remember an erstwhile Sheffield colleague from southern parts saying, “These people in the North are SO funny! You know what - they THANK BUS DRiVERS! SO funny! You’re from the North, Jimmy - do YOU thank bus drivers? Haha!”

Me too.

I think they are pretty clear-sighted about how fucked up what they are doing is. But they are also clear-sighted about how much money it will make them in the meantime and that is way more important to them.

Ψ!

I seem to remember there was some good news from there once but I forget what it was.

Only be sure always to call it please, RESEARCH!

Or they are, or were, young people themselves going to university oreven just considering it. Or they are employers taking a view of university qualifications. Or just citizens of a political culture where universities play a massive role. Yes, we can be sure millions of people have such attitudes.

I think your friend Okay gives excellent advice.

www.jstor.org/stable/24354...

I wrote a philosophy of AI paper in 2001 before it was trendy. Not sure if I’m an expert. But my soul is still safe in my possession.

Philosophy will be less wonderful without you.

What would your five be?

I begin to wonder if it is altogether fanciful to wonder if some US institutions may do what CEU did and simply relocate.

No. It’s a thing.

It’s not so hard to make philosophy go away. Stalin and Mao managed it just fine.

A Canterbury Tale
Nashville
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
Rashomon
The Maltese Falcon