Owen

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[Owen @defOYtrust]

You might like this from Ford Madox Ford's The March of LIterature:

"You have everything here that rendered odious Victorianism and our own age—the implicit and unshakeable belief that gilding, furnishing, and material resources are the reward of the Christian virtues; that troops of servants are the hallmark of genius, and that though when you see God you die, if you can fall at the feet of a Lord—or a hero of industry—you will, if he raises you to your feet, find yourself an inmate of the home of the Christian saints here on earth. It is a point of view that must make the angels weep..."

[Owen @defOYtrust]

@absenceshell Yep

[Owen @defOYtrust]

@AliceFromQueens Writers need to be way more critical even though they’re incentivized not to be
https://t.co/87RAUMCv6B

[Owen @defOYtrust]

The view "just let people enjoy things" becomes the default position because any rules or broader judgements can be exploited to tilt the shrinking field of play towards one's advantage. But by letting the scene be adulterated with shoddy work, this only accelerates the decline.

[Owen @defOYtrust]

@fitnessfeelingz Bingo.

[Owen @defOYtrust]

@dnduplessie I agree with @ghostowlredux though that this still depends on the meaning of "knowing" if you exclude the possibility of willfully desiring something bad

[Owen @defOYtrust]

@dnduplessie The Anselm is certainly worth reading because his solution involves choosing between a greater and lesser Good if I remember correctly. And Callard herself is developing a theory that involves desire (terminating) vs. aversion (not terminating)

[Owen @defOYtrust]

@CrispinSartwell I am not sure what the point of quote-farming each of these thinkers is—their stances are only intelligible within their own projects and the broader tradition. You can do this and conjure up boogeymen out of whoever you want.

[Owen @defOYtrust]

@CrispinSartwell Not sure how this gets you to "there are no things but words." To take up a position like "the world is disclosed to us interpretively by words" is something quite different. If Gadamer holds the view you claim, isn't he talking nonsense here?

[Owen @defOYtrust]

@philiptraylen The American version would be silly prop bets about the number of em-dashes in their response...

[Owen @defOYtrust]

@philiptraylen So very British of you

[Owen @defOYtrust]

@miltonappl3 https://t.co/HQEAU0hQeq

[Owen @defOYtrust]

@roseromaunt I mean...

[Joanne Jacobs @JoanneLeeJacobs]

AI is turning students into "drooling morons," and destroying universities, writes UChicago student. AI addicts dream of techno-riches, writes Stanford student.
https://t.co/PXb6Yv1stC

[sam buntz @SamBuntz]

From Owen Yingling's latest. On the demise of the ideal educator:

[Owen @defOYtrust]

@pristineasgrief Very similar situation with the band Sweet Trip

[Owen @defOYtrust]

@roseromaunt I mean...

[Owen @defOYtrust]

@d08890 Yes, this was a very depressing piece to write, but someone had to do it

[Seth Largo @SethLargo]

"The Western intellectual tradition has survived several botched suicide attempts. I wonder if our descendants will look back at our current treatment of higher education as one more disfiguring try." https://t.co/iVeHFm9Kv8

[Jon Baskin @BaskinJon]

"I do not think anyone over the age of 23, even if you are a teacher, graduate student, or professor, understands the extent to which AI usage affects every appendage of the university system." https://t.co/ovnW4lQAQZ