Robert Nichols

[Geoff Shullenberger @g_shullenberger]

This dismissive 1957 note about “The Managerial Revolution” by Burnham’s former Trotskyite comrade Dwight Macdonald is correct if a tad too harsh. Burnham had a recent vogue because anti-wokeness needed a Theory; he’s still mostly wrong.

[Robert Nichols @rexatious]

@zenahitz I am struck by how philosophy heavy the list is.

[Robert Nichols @rexatious]

@zenahitz I had Kit as an undergrad at UCLA.

[Robert Nichols @rexatious]

@default_friend Congratulations!

[Robert Nichols @rexatious]

@zenahitz I loved your conversation. Also very much appreciated the caution against philosophical samening of Foot, Anscombe, Murdoch, and Midgley encouraged by the two recent group biographies.

[Tyler Austin Harper @Tyler_A_Harper]

If you know how much Chicago (or any other university) is paying to give everyone on campus Claude Enterprise, my DMs are open. I am curious how this expense compares to the apparently “too expensive” humanities PhD programs Chicago has cut. I bet the answer is illuminating!

[Robert Nichols @rexatious]

@dieworkwear @WFNYScott I love Town View Leather moccasins.

[Robert Nichols @rexatious]

@dieworkwear Rancourt has calfskin horsebits for $378.

[Zena Hitz @zenahitz]

I taught bioethics at Auburn for two years. I had wonderful conversations on extremely divisive concepts. We need *less* conformity in higher ed, not more.

[Robert Nichols @rexatious]

@tracewoodgrains Rad. Happy Pride!

[Robert Nichols @rexatious]

@zenahitz Happy Birthday!

[Robert Nichols @rexatious]

@BootsRiley Good movie.

[Robert Nichols @rexatious]

@g_shullenberger @johnbyronkuhner Why does he call an MFA a humanities degree?

[Robert Nichols @rexatious]

@zenahitz Keep up the good work, @zenahitz

[Kate Clanchy @KateClanchy1]

It's hard to believe it but it's true. For publishing these words, my publishers returned the rights to all my books. https://t.co/3CaH8HLUfk

[derek guy @dieworkwear]

New issue of Popeye, a Japanese menswear mag, looks great. It's a rare all-English edition and looks at how people from 18 different countries dress. Very aligned with my view of style: diversity and differences are good; dress is a form of social language. Avail at Kinokuniya

[Geoff Shullenberger @g_shullenberger]

Elon Musk is a more virulent postmodern nihilist than any of the philosophers this guy is denouncing, and an obviously an infinitely more influential one. One of the functions of this thread is to obfuscate this fact.

[Katherine Dee 🐬/acc @default_friend]

I’m in the @nytimes today on hospital reiki, teleporting to Waffle Houses, and “non-human biologics.”
https://t.co/ify34rdbxa

[Geoff Shullenberger @g_shullenberger]

So much to say about this (likely LLM-written?) post, but maybe the most remarkable thing is it complains that Derrida proclaimed the Death of the Author (that was Barthes, but whatever), and concludes by declaring AI/LLMs will save us from the evil postmoderns.