http://www.theawl.com/ Be Less Stupid Fri, 16 Oct 2009 13:08:18 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.2 http://www.theawl.com/2009/10/dear-keith-gessen-what-is-this-intellectual-mumbo-jumbo#comment-30958 http://www.theawl.com/2009/10/dear-keith-gessen-what-is-this-intellectual-mumbo-jumbo#comment-30958#comments Fri, 16 Oct 2009 13:08:18 +0000 bmichael http://www.theawl.com/2009/10/dear-keith-gessen-what-is-this-intellectual-mumbo-jumbo#comment-30958 http://www.theawl.com/2009/10/dear-keith-gessen-what-is-this-intellectual-mumbo-jumbo#comment-30958/feed 0 http://www.theawl.com/2009/10/dear-keith-gessen-what-is-this-intellectual-mumbo-jumbo#comment-30075 http://www.theawl.com/2009/10/dear-keith-gessen-what-is-this-intellectual-mumbo-jumbo#comment-30075#comments Wed, 14 Oct 2009 16:16:11 +0000 joeclark http://www.theawl.com/2009/10/dear-keith-gessen-what-is-this-intellectual-mumbo-jumbo#comment-30075 http://www.theawl.com/2009/10/dear-keith-gessen-what-is-this-intellectual-mumbo-jumbo#comment-30075/feed 0 http://www.theawl.com/2009/10/dear-keith-gessen-what-is-this-intellectual-mumbo-jumbo#comment-29758 http://www.theawl.com/2009/10/dear-keith-gessen-what-is-this-intellectual-mumbo-jumbo#comment-29758#comments Tue, 13 Oct 2009 19:25:05 +0000 6h057 http://www.theawl.com/2009/10/dear-keith-gessen-what-is-this-intellectual-mumbo-jumbo#comment-29758 http://www.theawl.com/2009/10/dear-keith-gessen-what-is-this-intellectual-mumbo-jumbo#comment-29758/feed 0 http://www.theawl.com/2009/10/dear-keith-gessen-what-is-this-intellectual-mumbo-jumbo#comment-29725 http://www.theawl.com/2009/10/dear-keith-gessen-what-is-this-intellectual-mumbo-jumbo#comment-29725#comments Tue, 13 Oct 2009 18:05:53 +0000 sailor http://www.theawl.com/2009/10/dear-keith-gessen-what-is-this-intellectual-mumbo-jumbo#comment-29725 http://www.theawl.com/2009/10/dear-keith-gessen-what-is-this-intellectual-mumbo-jumbo#comment-29725/feed 0 http://www.theawl.com/2009/10/dear-keith-gessen-what-is-this-intellectual-mumbo-jumbo#comment-29276 http://www.theawl.com/2009/10/dear-keith-gessen-what-is-this-intellectual-mumbo-jumbo#comment-29276#comments Sun, 11 Oct 2009 22:56:34 +0000 MisterHippity http://www.theawl.com/2009/10/dear-keith-gessen-what-is-this-intellectual-mumbo-jumbo#comment-29276 http://www.theawl.com/2009/10/dear-keith-gessen-what-is-this-intellectual-mumbo-jumbo#comment-29276/feed 0 http://www.theawl.com/2009/10/dear-keith-gessen-what-is-this-intellectual-mumbo-jumbo#comment-29274 http://www.theawl.com/2009/10/dear-keith-gessen-what-is-this-intellectual-mumbo-jumbo#comment-29274#comments Sun, 11 Oct 2009 21:06:56 +0000 Abe Sauer http://www.theawl.com/2009/10/dear-keith-gessen-what-is-this-intellectual-mumbo-jumbo#comment-29274 http://www.theawl.com/2009/10/dear-keith-gessen-what-is-this-intellectual-mumbo-jumbo#comment-29274/feed 0 http://www.theawl.com/2009/10/dear-keith-gessen-what-is-this-intellectual-mumbo-jumbo#comment-29270 http://www.theawl.com/2009/10/dear-keith-gessen-what-is-this-intellectual-mumbo-jumbo#comment-29270#comments Sun, 11 Oct 2009 20:45:22 +0000 Bittersweet http://www.theawl.com/2009/10/dear-keith-gessen-what-is-this-intellectual-mumbo-jumbo#comment-29270 http://www.theawl.com/2009/10/dear-keith-gessen-what-is-this-intellectual-mumbo-jumbo#comment-29270/feed 0 http://www.theawl.com/2009/10/dear-keith-gessen-what-is-this-intellectual-mumbo-jumbo#comment-29267 http://www.theawl.com/2009/10/dear-keith-gessen-what-is-this-intellectual-mumbo-jumbo#comment-29267#comments Sun, 11 Oct 2009 19:08:00 +0000 Tulletilsynet http://www.theawl.com/2009/10/dear-keith-gessen-what-is-this-intellectual-mumbo-jumbo#comment-29267 "Comrades! You have been invited to this forum today to exchange ideas and examine the relationship between work in the literary and artistic fields, and revolutionary work in general. Our aim is to ensure that revolutionary literature and art follow the correct path of development ..."]]> "Comrades! You have been invited to this forum today to exchange ideas and examine the relationship between work in the literary and artistic fields, and revolutionary work in general. Our aim is to ensure that revolutionary literature and art follow the correct path of development ..."]]> http://www.theawl.com/2009/10/dear-keith-gessen-what-is-this-intellectual-mumbo-jumbo#comment-29267/feed 0 http://www.theawl.com/2009/10/dear-keith-gessen-what-is-this-intellectual-mumbo-jumbo#comment-29252 http://www.theawl.com/2009/10/dear-keith-gessen-what-is-this-intellectual-mumbo-jumbo#comment-29252#comments Sat, 10 Oct 2009 23:02:10 +0000 Emily http://www.theawl.com/2009/10/dear-keith-gessen-what-is-this-intellectual-mumbo-jumbo#comment-29252 http://www.theawl.com/2009/10/dear-keith-gessen-what-is-this-intellectual-mumbo-jumbo#comment-29252/feed 0 http://www.theawl.com/2009/10/dear-keith-gessen-what-is-this-intellectual-mumbo-jumbo#comment-29251 http://www.theawl.com/2009/10/dear-keith-gessen-what-is-this-intellectual-mumbo-jumbo#comment-29251#comments Sat, 10 Oct 2009 20:57:32 +0000 notwavingbutdrowning http://www.theawl.com/2009/10/dear-keith-gessen-what-is-this-intellectual-mumbo-jumbo#comment-29251 What *is* true on the whole about bloggers versus n+1 editors is that bloggers have refused to take what we used to call "the long march through the institutions." Choire: I think you've got your marching orders.]]> What *is* true on the whole about bloggers versus n+1 editors is that bloggers have refused to take what we used to call "the long march through the institutions." Choire: I think you've got your marching orders.]]> http://www.theawl.com/2009/10/dear-keith-gessen-what-is-this-intellectual-mumbo-jumbo#comment-29251/feed 0 http://www.theawl.com/2009/10/dear-keith-gessen-what-is-this-intellectual-mumbo-jumbo#comment-29250 http://www.theawl.com/2009/10/dear-keith-gessen-what-is-this-intellectual-mumbo-jumbo#comment-29250#comments Sat, 10 Oct 2009 20:53:32 +0000 notwavingbutdrowning http://www.theawl.com/2009/10/dear-keith-gessen-what-is-this-intellectual-mumbo-jumbo#comment-29250 http://www.theawl.com/2009/10/dear-keith-gessen-what-is-this-intellectual-mumbo-jumbo#comment-29250/feed 0 http://www.theawl.com/2009/10/dear-keith-gessen-what-is-this-intellectual-mumbo-jumbo#comment-29215 http://www.theawl.com/2009/10/dear-keith-gessen-what-is-this-intellectual-mumbo-jumbo#comment-29215#comments Fri, 09 Oct 2009 22:44:02 +0000 whygreenberg http://www.theawl.com/2009/10/dear-keith-gessen-what-is-this-intellectual-mumbo-jumbo#comment-29215 http://www.theawl.com/2009/10/dear-keith-gessen-what-is-this-intellectual-mumbo-jumbo#comment-29215/feed 0 http://www.theawl.com/2009/10/dear-keith-gessen-what-is-this-intellectual-mumbo-jumbo#comment-29214 http://www.theawl.com/2009/10/dear-keith-gessen-what-is-this-intellectual-mumbo-jumbo#comment-29214#comments Fri, 09 Oct 2009 22:43:24 +0000 whygreenberg http://www.theawl.com/2009/10/dear-keith-gessen-what-is-this-intellectual-mumbo-jumbo#comment-29214 http://www.theawl.com/2009/10/dear-keith-gessen-what-is-this-intellectual-mumbo-jumbo#comment-29214/feed 0 http://www.theawl.com/2009/10/dear-keith-gessen-what-is-this-intellectual-mumbo-jumbo#comment-29204 http://www.theawl.com/2009/10/dear-keith-gessen-what-is-this-intellectual-mumbo-jumbo#comment-29204#comments Fri, 09 Oct 2009 21:14:18 +0000 Kataphraktos http://www.theawl.com/2009/10/dear-keith-gessen-what-is-this-intellectual-mumbo-jumbo#comment-29204 http://www.theawl.com/2009/10/dear-keith-gessen-what-is-this-intellectual-mumbo-jumbo#comment-29204/feed 0 http://www.theawl.com/2009/10/dear-keith-gessen-what-is-this-intellectual-mumbo-jumbo#comment-29201 http://www.theawl.com/2009/10/dear-keith-gessen-what-is-this-intellectual-mumbo-jumbo#comment-29201#comments Fri, 09 Oct 2009 20:30:39 +0000 Tulletilsynet http://www.theawl.com/2009/10/dear-keith-gessen-what-is-this-intellectual-mumbo-jumbo#comment-29201 The utopia of television nearly came within reach in 1992, on the day cable providers announced that cable boxes would expand to 500 channels. Back then, our utopian idea rested on assumptions both right and wrong. "[Original boldface suppressed.] An essayist who can make po-faced pronouncements about what might have brought about "the utopia of television" is already a person everybody can afford to forget about, no matter how well he executes the task he set himself. And what shall we say of Gessen, who regards Greif as the next GWF Hegel, only more difficult, knotty and translated-from-the-German-sounding? Oh sorry, it's already been said several times above.]]> The utopia of television nearly came within reach in 1992, on the day cable providers announced that cable boxes would expand to 500 channels. Back then, our utopian idea rested on assumptions both right and wrong. "[Original boldface suppressed.] An essayist who can make po-faced pronouncements about what might have brought about "the utopia of television" is already a person everybody can afford to forget about, no matter how well he executes the task he set himself. And what shall we say of Gessen, who regards Greif as the next GWF Hegel, only more difficult, knotty and translated-from-the-German-sounding? Oh sorry, it's already been said several times above.]]> http://www.theawl.com/2009/10/dear-keith-gessen-what-is-this-intellectual-mumbo-jumbo#comment-29201/feed 0 http://www.theawl.com/2009/10/dear-keith-gessen-what-is-this-intellectual-mumbo-jumbo#comment-29191 http://www.theawl.com/2009/10/dear-keith-gessen-what-is-this-intellectual-mumbo-jumbo#comment-29191#comments Fri, 09 Oct 2009 19:10:48 +0000 zidaane http://www.theawl.com/2009/10/dear-keith-gessen-what-is-this-intellectual-mumbo-jumbo#comment-29191 http://www.theawl.com/2009/10/dear-keith-gessen-what-is-this-intellectual-mumbo-jumbo#comment-29191/feed 0 http://www.theawl.com/2009/10/dear-keith-gessen-what-is-this-intellectual-mumbo-jumbo#comment-29182 http://www.theawl.com/2009/10/dear-keith-gessen-what-is-this-intellectual-mumbo-jumbo#comment-29182#comments Fri, 09 Oct 2009 18:47:14 +0000 davidwatts http://www.theawl.com/2009/10/dear-keith-gessen-what-is-this-intellectual-mumbo-jumbo#comment-29182 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can be serious without being "intellectual." Here's something else: 3) You can discuss a serious thing and yet the seriousness of the thing does not automatically make your discussion serious. 4) You can discuss a trivial matter and yet the triviality of the matter does not automatically make your discussion trivial.† ________ * The intellectual style does not confer seriousness. It can be used seriously, but when it is used to create an aura of seriousness that is expected to carry the day on its own, the result is pretense. † Hence: the Awl! (sometimes).]]> Here's something: 1) You can be "intellectual" without being serious.* 2) You can be serious without being "intellectual." Here's something else: 3) You can discuss a serious thing and yet the seriousness of the thing does not automatically make your discussion serious. 4) You can discuss a trivial matter and yet the triviality of the matter does not automatically make your discussion trivial.† ________ * The intellectual style does not confer seriousness. It can be used seriously, but when it is used to create an aura of seriousness that is expected to carry the day on its own, the result is pretense. † Hence: the Awl! (sometimes).]]> http://www.theawl.com/2009/10/dear-keith-gessen-what-is-this-intellectual-mumbo-jumbo#comment-29042/feed 0 http://www.theawl.com/2009/10/dear-keith-gessen-what-is-this-intellectual-mumbo-jumbo#comment-29041 http://www.theawl.com/2009/10/dear-keith-gessen-what-is-this-intellectual-mumbo-jumbo#comment-29041#comments Fri, 09 Oct 2009 14:39:32 +0000 ProfessorBen http://www.theawl.com/2009/10/dear-keith-gessen-what-is-this-intellectual-mumbo-jumbo#comment-29041 http://www.theawl.com/2009/10/dear-keith-gessen-what-is-this-intellectual-mumbo-jumbo#comment-29041/feed 0 http://www.theawl.com/2009/10/dear-keith-gessen-what-is-this-intellectual-mumbo-jumbo#comment-29039 http://www.theawl.com/2009/10/dear-keith-gessen-what-is-this-intellectual-mumbo-jumbo#comment-29039#comments Fri, 09 Oct 2009 14:37:34 +0000 brent_cox http://www.theawl.com/2009/10/dear-keith-gessen-what-is-this-intellectual-mumbo-jumbo#comment-29039 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darling.]]> http://www.theawl.com/2009/10/dear-keith-gessen-what-is-this-intellectual-mumbo-jumbo#comment-29022/feed 0 http://www.theawl.com/2009/10/dear-keith-gessen-what-is-this-intellectual-mumbo-jumbo#comment-29021 http://www.theawl.com/2009/10/dear-keith-gessen-what-is-this-intellectual-mumbo-jumbo#comment-29021#comments Fri, 09 Oct 2009 14:08:35 +0000 mathnet http://www.theawl.com/2009/10/dear-keith-gessen-what-is-this-intellectual-mumbo-jumbo#comment-29021 http://www.theawl.com/2009/10/dear-keith-gessen-what-is-this-intellectual-mumbo-jumbo#comment-29021/feed 0 http://www.theawl.com/2009/10/dear-keith-gessen-what-is-this-intellectual-mumbo-jumbo#comment-29018 http://www.theawl.com/2009/10/dear-keith-gessen-what-is-this-intellectual-mumbo-jumbo#comment-29018#comments Fri, 09 Oct 2009 14:06:25 +0000 kitten_witawip http://www.theawl.com/2009/10/dear-keith-gessen-what-is-this-intellectual-mumbo-jumbo#comment-29018 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