Very Bad Wizards

Episode 238: I Am Not Ivan Ilyich...Am I?


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Ivan Ilyich is a man. All men are mortal. So Ivan Ilyich is mortal. Sure absolutely, that's true for Ivan Ilyich and for all men. But we're not Ivan Ilyich and we're not 'all men'- so what does this have to do with us? Right? David and Tamler confront their mortality as they discuss Leo Tolstoy's brilliant and chilling short story "The Death of Ivan Ilyich."

Plus the 'Why I am leaving academia' essay has become its own genre. But is this profession really that much worse relative to others?

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  • Has the 'great resignation' hit academia?
  • Why You Need To Leave Academia - Cheeky Scientist
  • The Death of Ivan Ilyich - Wikipedia — . I cannot now help seeing day and night going round and bringing me to death. That is all I see, for that alone is true. All else is false.
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