For any serious, young intellectual with even a foot in the door of institutional prestige, the question is: Will you go out like a champ now, in a beautiful gesture of your own making, or will you go out later, in a defensive stupor, exhausted by a life of walking on eggshells?
Replying to @jmrphy
this came up with my prof/mentor i saw today.the key i think is to not give a s**t about climbing the latter/ "prestige" in the way the average careerist bugman thinks of it. condition your life to be as frugal/anchorite-like as possible if you are a creative scholar/artist, etc.
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