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Walking with Philosophers, Or Why Influencers Usually Suck on the Trails

Walking with Philosophers, Or Why Influencers Usually Suck on the Trails

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Feb 16, 2024
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My wife, Vanessa, out for a hike in Graveyard Fields in Pisgah

One of my graduate school mentors, David Wood, used to start philosophy classes by paraphrasing Henry David Thoreau by saying “If you want to go for a walk, you have to be willing to get lost.”

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