I went to a concert at the People’s Symphony series this evening. It’s first come first serve, so I got there early to get good seats. Since my date took forever to arrive, I ended up chatting for a while with an older woman sitting beside me. After a conversation about our respective reading lists, it emerged that her son was a well-known philosopher. She was very proud of him, and very happy that I recognized his name immediately, and had heard him speak a few years back at a public event. But after boasting for a while, her thoughts took a darker turn. “You know, he’s such a profound, serious philosopher. So serious. So successful. But do you want to know something? He’s on Facebook!” She looked at me to get my reaction to this news, and then added: “I have to say, he spends a lot of time on Facebook.”
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ben wolfson | 14-Oct-08 at 2:11 am | Permalink
So? Who is it?