Jacob

Another morning waking up, still not a giant bug. Kafka’s got nothing on me

It’s strange being a political scientist turned philosopher because you’ll be reading a decision theory book and come across Daniel Ellsberg’s paradox in utility theory, and you’ll be like “the Pentagon Papers guy?”, and then the answer is yes, the same Pentagon Papers guy

You guys are never gonna believe it, but turns out people hate the sin! It’s looking bleak. Anyone know if they at least still love the sinner?

Looking for a new hobby, thinking of getting into casting first stones. Anyone know how many sins I can have and still do that?

My brother: You know who I hate? Henri Matisse Me: Really? My brother: No, I just dislike him

David Foster Wallace never misses

@oboebanddork Need you to know Andrea cackled at your comment

Things that give me a sense of superiority: -Having O- blood -Enjoying Rothko paintings -Living in New England -Wearing a wristwatch -Reading Thomas Pynchon

So unserious that you can invest in gold in the year 2025. Like would you like to fund a treasure hunt along with that? Would you like your gold to be stored on a Spanish galleon while we’re at it?

The traffic on I-95 was invented by God to break men’s wills

Didn’t have to look at the tweet being quoted to know who this was about

I know 100 humans could out-philosophize a gorilla for sure

If the sport is getting upcharged at Valvoline then I’m the MVP

@alipag321 Long Live Crilk !!

Sentences from my girlfriend— “sorry what was that, I was just imagining everything you were saying as an Amazon product review”

Inside by Bo Burnham might be the only good work of art that came out of the pandemic

Was added to Harvard’s philosophy group chat this morning and they say they’re bombing the Humeans?? They’re tired of the empiricists’ freeloading??

Columbia’s capitulation to the Trump admin really feels like a death knell. If a $15 billion institution can be extorted by a fascist then I don’t know why we should expect any other institution of liberal democracy to survive

I work in mysterious ways. Which is to say, make bad decisions

Cool to see ⁦@ezraklein⁩ citing 5 Factor Theory in the ⁦@nytimes⁩ a few months ago. Here’s another take on another factor; thanks to ⁦@PressHerald⁩ for publishing this take on the destructive power of close mindedness. pressherald.com/2025/03/14/opi…

I could really use Spotify wrapped right about now