The Cutting Room
Barry LamSlate's Hi-Phi Nation podcast. Barry Lam's writing from the cutting room floor, philosophy, weird thoughts, and weird stories too odd for mainstream publication.
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| Issues | 86 | Founded | a year ago | Last Issue | 4 months ago |
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The Arc of the Artist, The Arc of a Philosopher
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I’m a Beatles completist. I know the chords to many songs. I know who wrote what, the disputes about particular lines of lyrics, and even details about particular production techniques they and George Martin...
Assertion as Strategy versus Assertion as Expression
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This piece went out on the early last week. I’m reposting it here for my (much smaller) subscriber base who may not have seen it.
There are two different approaches to speaking and writing. The first I...
American Psycho III: The Effective Altruist
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Twenty-five years after the events of American Psycho, a string of gruesome serial murders plague New York City. FBI agent Daniel Ward is on the hunt for the murderer. U.S. Attorney Claire Benton is the pro...
The Replayability Trap
Music is a highly replayable form of art. People like to consume music “on repeat.” When a classical composer finalizes a song or symphony or opera, they can expect listeners who are fans of it to keep coming back to the piece over and over...
Calling Dibs
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Happy New Year Everyone!
I just turned in a draft of a book about obligations to past people and our past selves, and a lot of it is about generational wealth. It required a brief foray into theories of...
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Philosophy professor at UC Riverside. Host and producer, Slate's Hi-Phi Nation podcast. I write about philosophy, academia, podcast production, and the craft of nonfiction.
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