Sublime

This is notably counter to the belief – dominant in electoral systems, laboratories, corporations and social organizations – that there exists a mythical best person for the job, capable of engaging with any number of different areas of policy; or some group of ordained experts to whom those of lesser knowledge and experience must defer. It has bee

psychologist Edwin Hollander called idiosyncrasy credits—the latitude to deviate from the group’s expectations. Idiosyncrasy credits accrue through respect, not rank: they’re based on contributions.

I believe that the roots of most harm are systemic, and we must be willing to disrupt vicious systems that have been normalized.

Can great art come from conformity? And what is the purpose of being an artist if we deny our unique personal point of view?

Philosophy requires its practitioners of either gender to assume the roles of savant, artist, activist and lover. I have called them the four conditions of philosophy.