English - Philosopher | June 19, 1968 -
Always say less than you think you need. Inject some space into the conversation.
Timothy Morton
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Applying for a job after finishing a Ph.D is about turning yourself inside out. You've been involved in the most introverted process you've ever done, and now you have to show yourself to the world at large.
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Spending some money on the you who is going to get a job is essential.
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I try to have little or no alcohol when I go to a big conference. Sorry to be a party pooper, but that stuff can regress you really fast, and this is not a good place to regress.
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If you're facing rejection right now, it's very important to realize, especially in a down market, that it's not personal. Really. Truly. The indifference of the system is also crushing. But perhaps it's better than thinking that someone was out to get you.
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Somewhat selfishly, perhaps, I like to think that the best people sometimes take a few goes to get a job.
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I used to keep a folder with all my rejection letters in it - a few years into having a job, I burned it.
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The Left is correctly wary of talk about nonhumans in the key of Nature and its spiritual partner, humanity.
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'Humankind' is an attempt to think the human species without Nature and without humanity.
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I so totally refuse to 'make an effort to understand' the people who have become vectors for a fascist spectacular politics.
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I always knew Andy Hageman would publish incredible eco stuff.
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In the end, a lifeform is always a hybrid, a being endowed with some X-power such as being able to breathe for a few seconds out of water. That's how evolution works. Spectrally. We are all mermaids.
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