Does what you blog represent what youd write as an academic?
No. I dont see much point in writing for an academic audience on a blog. Its more like what Id write for a newspaper, if asked. You sometimes describe yourself as a philosopher, although you have no postgraduate training in that field. It probably irritates some people that I do so, but I regard contemporary training in philosophy as more of a hindrance than a help in doing the real thing. For one thing, the subject has become far too imbued with the Wittengensteinian perspective that traditional philosophical reflection is a disease which needs to be cured by the modern professional philosopher acting as quasi-psychiatrist. The Mediocracy book and blog seem to contain a fair amount of political theory. I have had to think about cultural politics because it has impinged on my life. As a result of mediocratisation, I dont have the career options I feel I should have, and instead find myself trying to establish, together with others in my position, a private university using capital gene
