Still my fave city after being my home for over two decades; plan to return after the smoke clears. Looking forward to leaving 2022 better than we found it. Cheers!
... and whet my appetite for your forthcoming convo with Brian Keating.
As you noted, most "intellectuals" are products of the academy. The vast majority of people hear that word and think of some professor in a blazer who quotes esoteric tomes from memory and confidently delivers TRUTH and WISDOM to the midwitted masses from on high.
But I mean, is anyone under the impression that Michael Eric Dyson is somehow "above" someone like Charlamagne or Chris Rock in any meaningful way simply because Dyson uses words like "apotheosis" and has a Ph D.? The latter two don't have bachelor's degrees or professorships, but have obviously had a FAR bigger impact on what and how the public thinks about a ton of different issues, including but by no means limited to racial ones.
No knock on Dyson or other classic "intellectuals" at all – my point is simply that I'm skeptical of the utility of the term as we all conceive of it. Maybe we should just focus on new descriptors rather than redefining this one.
I'd pay to listen to you and Glenn Loury talk about this.
Still my fave city after being my home for over two decades; plan to return after the smoke clears. Looking forward to leaving 2022 better than we found it. Cheers!
Happy New Year!! Enjoyed listening to you on Clubhouse and I can't wait to see what you have in store for 2022.
Really enjoyed your ~10 mins of audio in your last post. It was a good complement to this: https://christophersweat.substack.com/p/black-intellectuals-in-response-to
... and whet my appetite for your forthcoming convo with Brian Keating.
As you noted, most "intellectuals" are products of the academy. The vast majority of people hear that word and think of some professor in a blazer who quotes esoteric tomes from memory and confidently delivers TRUTH and WISDOM to the midwitted masses from on high.
But I mean, is anyone under the impression that Michael Eric Dyson is somehow "above" someone like Charlamagne or Chris Rock in any meaningful way simply because Dyson uses words like "apotheosis" and has a Ph D.? The latter two don't have bachelor's degrees or professorships, but have obviously had a FAR bigger impact on what and how the public thinks about a ton of different issues, including but by no means limited to racial ones.
No knock on Dyson or other classic "intellectuals" at all – my point is simply that I'm skeptical of the utility of the term as we all conceive of it. Maybe we should just focus on new descriptors rather than redefining this one.
I'd pay to listen to you and Glenn Loury talk about this.
Thank you so much for the detailed feedback!!! I’m following you. I’ll speak more on this idea and I hope to engage in more dialogue with you.
So glad to have you, Jeremiah!! Thanks for joining us.
Thanks for joining us, Daniel!! Yes I would love to sit down with you.