<p>Oh man, these Chicago threads just fill me with the greatest nostalgia…I love how some of the best things at U of C (apparently) are just the same now as they were thirty-odd years ago. I don’t think the reading lists for Self, Culture and Society or HBC have changed.</p>
<p>Having spent the intervening decades in the less-highly-evolved centers of undergraduate intellectual power in this country (C… and N…H…) may I just tell you children to enjoy what you have – as many of you seem to do. </p>
<p>Forgive me for being so middle-aged - as a penance, I give you this:
Nel mezzo del cammin di nostra vita
mi ritrovai per una selva oscura,
ch</p>