Running Ideas
Nicolas DelonPhilosophy, Animals, Running, and More
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Publishing Without Romance
Happy New Year!
What follows is a theory I’m not sure I endorse. It may be too cynical to be true.
In 2018, I was fortunate to audit Saul Levmore’s Public Choice at the University of Chicago Law School, a hotbed of law and economic...
2025 on Substack
I didn’t write much in 2025, but I was generally pleased with what I did write. A few posts got some attention (it’s all relative). In this post, I list what I consider my top three essays of the year and my ten or so favorite essays by fel...
2025 in music
Presented with minimal comments
Classical (released in 2025)
- Víkingur Ólafsson, Opus 109. Structured around the key of E (major and minor): Beethoven’s Piano Sonatas, Op. 90 (neglected gem) & Op. 109 (one of the bangers from the...
2025 reading
Here’s my reading wrap-up of 2025. Tomorrow, music.
At the time of writing, I have read 54 books in 2025. Since I tend to be quite picky when choosing books, I rated many of the ones I read this year very highly. Selecting the best...
Classics for a reason
Classics are classics for a reason. They’ve gone through a filter—many filters actually. By the time they’re recommended as classics, the odds that a mistake was made, that the book isn’t all it’s cracked up to be, are practically nil. The...
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Teaches philosophy at the College of Charleston. "I’m pessimistic about a lot of things, but there’s no reason to be miserable about it." —Cormac McCarthy
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