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2005-10-18 14:41:45
"A clanking, thudding mass of valves and wires and metal boxes painted grey, nursed through the night in the basement of the physics building by an attentive graduate student":
the winner of a 'top public intellectual' poll reminds me of particular comments regarding the shortage of top public intellectuals. My four half-hearted votes are all in the top 20 (rushdie, sen, chomsky, klein), no doubt a demonstration of my crass mainstream geek sentimentality. My write in - who perhaps deserved a spot for exposition if not erudition, on the same topic of said shortage, and who was a toss up with Vonnegut - didn't make it into the offing.
update: A post-award ceremony interview reviewed, the comments are quite amusing.
:: posted by buermann @ 2005-10-18 13:30:56 CST |
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