it’s this—the mode of reading—that’s under discussed, it’s not just about who’s in and who’s out of the canon
that weird humanities project about being in stupefied awe of old stuff isn’t it for me either, other arguments exist, but they’re not a matter of public discussion
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imagine believing that your for-profit testing company exists primarily to save souls
it‘s not just a matter of the classical stuff that’s been captured by politicians, it’s also the “wouldn’t a gatsby chatbot be neat” thing that requires an affirmative alternative orientation towards old books
Someone should ask Mamdani and Samuels about their favorite books they read in school.
oh man this is above my pay grade
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Life-giving wonder, uncapturable in experience. Its facsimiles are handily deployed by charlatans to ensnare our living, lively, irreplaceable imaginations by what looks good but is dull and dead