"For a long time I thought I would be a philosopher too. To be a philosopher seemed to me the noblest calling in the world. But as I progressed through university, accumulating degrees, there came a point during which I saw, for the first time, the vast ocean of gall that existed between the assignations “philosopher” and “academic.” A person of modest abilities recognized that it was not an ocean they cared to be seen paddling in. But what better way to atone for past transgressions that appointing yourself a moral arbiter?"