The Elephant & the Rider

A Myth Masquerading as a Misunderstood Metaphor

In my spare time—that is, when I’m not making dozens of dollars per year writing snarky Substack posts—I moonlight as a gainfully tenured Professor of Philosophy. So, you know, I prep and teach classes, go to meetings-that-could-have-been-emails, occasionally serve as Interim Dean, start Substacks when I should be grading, and write and publish things f…