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James Wes Brown's avatar

You don't have to improve anything. You're there. I'm always fascinated by smart people. I'm not so bright 😎 or educated. The smartest thing I ever saw in politics was John Rawls, political theory. And I don't know how I wound up there, but it was like diving and splashing in a belly flop. I want to take that dive over.

I've survived, so far, on wits and cleverness. I can play poker. I can't teach anything or anyone really. I think you might belong in a classroom. I know you're covered up with deals. You need to think about establishing proteges. We need more like you, maybe an understudy to tell us about... You're too smart for me to grasp. I know who's smart.

John Rawls. Political Theory. Before that, many years ago, Robert Dahl, "Polyarchy", Yale . He emailed me back when I was young. Then, something crazy happened. I considered what had happened. I sat back down at a computer and asked one question ❓ is there anybody out there? We both know they are.😎 I remain fascinated. I'll have to read your shit again. Uhh pray for me? 😎

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Tor Ekeland's avatar

I recently did a deep dive into Rawls, I'm a fan of his work. An elegant thinker. Someone posted a semester of his lectures on Political Philosophy on YouTube, and I devoured it. I appreciate the feedback and I think eventually I do want to teach and just write. There's a lot of things I can't say right now because I'd be criticizing people I appear in front of etc. This year I'm making an effort to start the transition.

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