Intellectuals rarely suffer the consequences of their terrible ideas.
The kinds of people that put Jason Arday in the uncomfortable position that he found himself in were intellectuals.
Intellectuals differ from the likes of engineers in that engineers are judged by external criteria.
For example, if the engineer builds a bridge that doesn't stand up to high winds and collapses, we would be apt to say that this is a bad engineer with bad ideas.
Not so with intellectuals: they are judged by internal criteria.
In other words, they all wank each other off and tell themselves that their ideas are brilliant regardless of what the rest of the world, or indeed reality has to say about it.
The case of Jason Arday is one of the few instances where so-called intellectuals received (extremely grim) external feedback.
Just like an engineer whose bridge didn't stand up to high winds, you might think that the intellectuals responsible for putting Jason Arday in the vulnerable position her was in would suffer some repuational damage, and have their ideas brought into question, but that would a gross misunderstanding of how intellectualism operates in society; these people very rarely see any consequences for their shitty ideas.
Jason Arday isn't a collapsed bridge, but his unfortunate fate is the product of dangerous and unsound ideas, but unlike those of the engineer, those ideas will continue to circulate, be doubled down on, and ultimately continue to do damage in society.
The kinds of people that put Jason Arday in the uncomfortable position that he found himself in were intellectuals.
Intellectuals differ from the likes of engineers in that engineers are judged by external criteria.
For example, if the engineer builds a bridge that doesn't stand up to high winds and collapses, we would be apt to say that this is a bad engineer with bad ideas.
Not so with intellectuals: they are judged by internal criteria.
In other words, they all wank each other off and tell themselves that their ideas are brilliant regardless of what the rest of the world, or indeed reality has to say about it.
The case of Jason Arday is one of the few instances where so-called intellectuals received (extremely grim) external feedback.
Just like an engineer whose bridge didn't stand up to high winds, you might think that the intellectuals responsible for putting Jason Arday in the vulnerable position her was in would suffer some repuational damage, and have their ideas brought into question, but that would a gross misunderstanding of how intellectualism operates in society; these people very rarely see any consequences for their shitty ideas.
Jason Arday isn't a collapsed bridge, but his unfortunate fate is the product of dangerous and unsound ideas, but unlike those of the engineer, those ideas will continue to circulate, be doubled down on, and ultimately continue to do damage in society.
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