"Grounded #intellectualwork, when it happens, if it ever happens again,is #uncomfortable. It tells you things you don't want to hear, makes arguments that threaten positions you hold, points out problems you'd rather not see. The #publicintellectuals of the past…afflicted the comfortable and comforted the afflicted…Our current crop//slop does the opposite. They comfort the comfortable & flatter the unflattering, and they've been doing it for so long that we've forgotten to expect anything else."