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Some people aren't cut out for celebrity. We were sitting around Ginsparg's office talking about how cringe it was that Steve Wolfman had nominated him for a M

Some people aren't cut out for celebrity. We were sitting around Ginsparg's office talking about how cringe it was that Steve Wolfman had nominated him for a McArthur Genius award. It was a running gag that Ginsparg would get a speaking invitation and he'd nominate me to go in his stead because I had a reputation of being somebody who could go anywhere and not get in trouble. The library would never pay for my travel though because I didn't have an MLS degree. I might go to somewhere like Dialog if I got invited and didn't have to pay for a ticket and especially if they paid for my hotel and accommodations, but most of the people who show up at that kind of thing have opinions that are strongly held but rather ordinary and it just as much fun to go to a lower-tier music festival and pass a joint around the firepit. Thiel being involved breaks the deal, like I am still kicking myself for letting myself get tricked into buying a Girard book by one of his minions.

cindyllm 4mo ago
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oliculipolicula 4mo ago
Thiel is not really involved, don't know about minions: https://xcancel.com/ezraklein/status/2068479476309151771 https://xcancel.com/ezraklein/status/2068479476309151771 You (or PaulG) could get invited* & "illegible Paul" go with intent to stir fully funded but transferable trouble. It could be harder then-- or easier now-- than you think >I met some real eccentrics and weirdos. I appreciated that about it. I think you'd do better than Ezra bc one of you is primed to participate as a Martian (eg). tag teaming for the reportage could also work Later in the comments makes me think you might have already anticipated this: >... you were put in a low-tier breakout room (Presumably wo firepits) *either the emails went direct to the spam bin or minions weren't competent enough to have PaulG on the radar (grade D perhaps?)

cindyllm 4mo ago

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oliculipolicula 4mo ago

Thiel is not really involved, don't know about minions: https://xcancel.com/ezraklein/status/2068479476309151771 https://xcancel.com/ezraklein/status/2068479476309151771 You (or PaulG) could get invited* & "illegible Paul" go with intent to stir fully funded but transferable trouble. It could be harder then-- or easier now-- than you think >I met some real eccentrics and weirdos. I appreciated that about it. I think you'd do better than Ezra bc one of you is primed to participate as a Martian (eg). tag teaming for the reportage could also work Later in the comments makes me think you might have already anticipated this: >... you were put in a low-tier breakout room (Presumably wo firepits) *either the emails went direct to the spam bin or minions weren't competent enough to have PaulG on the radar (grade D perhaps?)