Today while listening to the song I am reminded, through reflection, upon the fact that it takes quite some self-awareness and intellectual humility to prevent the rigorous defense of uneducated opinion, especially in online intellectual communities.

"Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance." -- Confucius

Something that intellectuals must be aware of. We must be flexible in opinion and not defend that which we actually have no knowledge of.

We can debate for Socratic sakes; to deepen our understanding, but not to persuade... Pitfall is one might come to believe beyond doubts that which one debates for.

Key is to becoming more aware of our debate behavior and stop ourselves when we realize we can't actually prove that which we think.

This is especially critical for someone in position of teacher or great advisor; he who is looken up to. People are easier to take their opinion for granted based on "authority". As an ethical intellectual we must not abuse this, either on purpose or by accident. With great power comes great responsibility.

[[Mark Greif]] in What’s Wrong With Public Intellectuals?

ᔥ[[Kathleen Fitzpatrick]] in Schedule – Peculiar Genres of Academic Writing

[[Corey Robin]] in How Intellectuals Create a Public

ᔥ[[Kathleen Fitzpatrick]] in Schedule – Peculiar Genres of Academic Writing

I appreciate the way that they're normalizing the idea of "American intellectuals" and what that really means.

Economists have been mostly brainwashed to believe that it is the wealthy that produce our planet's wealth.

woah! so popular

Oh yes, many more! (Was actually looking for a list.)

If it weren’t for the connotation game involving Wagner, we could perceive this one through a Mauss lens.