SHORTER HOLBO….Over at Crooked Timber, John Holbo tells us that after his previous long posts about academic groupthink, a commenter has asked for “a dsquared-style shorter Holbo for all this.” He then proceeds to provide one ? for an additional 1,700 words.

I think perhaps John should have a brief conversation with his blogmate about this concept….

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