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Welcome to the second incarnation of the OOP blog.

Comments are now shut down. My apologies to those who took the time to post thoughtful comments, but the amount of insufferable drivel leaking into the comment inboxes was getting pretty tiresome. A great flood was necessary, and now the waters have receded.

Furthermore, I’ll be reading and interacting only with fellow bloggers who have a track record of good-faith exchanges, rather than snarky point-scoring and other procrastination tactics designed to avoid the genuine work that many of them barely seem to be attempting in the first place. It is really tiring to have to deal with dozens of mouthy punks on a daily basis. What I’ve learned in the past few weeks is that I believe in democratizing access to  intellectual life, not in democratizing intellectual life itself. The blogosphere, like the billiard halls and race tracks of old, has become a hangout for a pretty unbearable, unproductive cross section of the populace.

Finally,  I think my posting rate may be a bit lower than before. I’ve been trying too hard to live up to my January post rate despite resumption of the semester in February, and it’s been cutting into too many things.

For all those who sent kind words and missed the blog after just a few hours, thanks and welcome back.