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• November 9, 2011

  Good art is good for much: An end to the problem of funding

  I knew nothing about improvisation until a few days ago, but for some time I’ve latched onto the idea that the philosophical conversations in my philosophy practice have been shading into territory laid open by improv. So when I spoke with Alex Fradera, a friend of Dougald’s who finished his Ph.D. in psychology and who now…
• September 28, 2011

  On starting a way of life business: Making good on good plan B’s

  More Formal Training: Just Say ‘No’ Our bleak economic situation has led many young persons to consider job retraining, advanced degrees, and Plan B’s. But might all these actually be distractions and dead-ends? Thankfully, some sharp entrepreneurs and creative organizations have started asking big questions and envisioning bolder projects. They’re not endorsing retraining, only serious…
• July 15, 2011

  Brooks on confronting death

  In “Death and Budgets,” David Brooks argues that health care costs won’t be brought under control until we confront our own mortality.
• May 30, 2011

  On Woody Allen’s modern philosophy

  The other day I read an interview with Woody Allen. The interviewer’s penultimate question struck me as especially apt. (In the excerpt below, bold = interviewer’s question and regular text = Allen’s reply.) Machado de Assis is credited with inspiring magical realist writers. Judging from the previews, the protagonist of your latest film experiences some magic…
• April 18, 2011

  Money Money Money!; or, That Great Unthinking Life of the Writer (Part 2)

  Part 2 of the series at Big Other. Enjoy.