tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32978906.post8926936523220611691..comments2024-03-27T18:45:16.950-07:00Comments on Fickle Ears: Name The Band After YourselfStefan Kachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03103517356905739209noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32978906.post-9710147857479826112023-01-12T11:32:27.955-08:002023-01-12T11:32:27.955-08:00Paul Goodman
Growing Up Absurd
(1960)
APPENDIX D
...Paul Goodman<br /><i><a href="https://www.marxists.org/subject/anarchism/paul-goodman/1960/growing-up-absurd/index.html" rel="nofollow">Growing Up Absurd</a></i><br />(1960)<br /><br />APPENDIX D<br />"The Freedom to be Academic" (pp. 256-279)<br />(online <a href="https://www.marxists.org/subject/anarchism/paul-goodman/1960/growing-up-absurd/appendices.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>)<br /><br />[264] <i>"Our historians write of the liberation from “doctrinal moralism” (Dev. 353ff), the idea that if, e.g., a man is an atheist he is no doubt a drunkard and unfit to teach: “in scientific criticism the dissociation of the man from his work has become a cardinal principle.” This was indeed a great advance, for it heightened the respect for evidence and its accurate presentation and criticism. But I submit that the older theological view had the following merit: that a proposition was fraught with life consequences and had therefore the utmost seriousness; you knew a man by what he professed. I dislike appealing to the romantic and grisly past, but we must bear in mind that the adventure of inquiry has one quality when you are risking disgrace, imprisonment, and even death; and another when you are risking tenure; and quite another when you are risking nothing. Our secular society has great advantages, and even especially for inquiry, but its strong point is not the achievement of vocation or manliness."</i>Stefan Kachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03103517356905739209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32978906.post-10243424180493372392021-06-14T15:38:05.012-07:002021-06-14T15:38:05.012-07:00N.N. Taleb
Skin in the Game (2018)
"Arrogant...N.N. Taleb<br /><i>Skin in the Game</i> (2018)<br /><br /><i>"<b>Arrogant Will Do</b><br />Products or companies which bear the owner's name convey very valuable messages. They are shouting that they have something to lose. Eponymy indicates both a commitment to the company and a confidence in the product. A friend of mine, Paul Wilmott, is often called an egomaniac for having his name on a mathematical finance technical journal (<i>Wil-Mott</i>), which at the time of writing is undoubtedly the best. "Egomaniac" is good for the product. But if you can't get "egomaniac," "arrogant" will do."</i><br />(p. 36)Stefan Kachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03103517356905739209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32978906.post-27075613604802845872008-11-10T08:48:00.000-08:002008-11-10T08:48:00.000-08:00Good for people to know.Good for people to know.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com