Jeff Albert
@jeffalbert.com
Musician, improviser, technologist, college professor...also baseball. Formerly in New Orleans, currently Atlanta. https://linktr.ee/jeffalbert
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Not for academics it isn’t. You learn by reading and by following citation chains and talking to other people in the field. Letting the AI do the summary is abdicating your job.
December 21, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Not for academics it isn’t. You learn by reading and by following citation chains and talking to other people in the field. Letting the AI do the summary is abdicating your job.
My only problem with profs assigning their own work is when the students have to buy it
December 3, 2025 at 6:11 PM
My only problem with profs assigning their own work is when the students have to buy it
it is until you have to move...
November 30, 2025 at 4:59 PM
it is until you have to move...
Yeah, it is a fun band.
November 26, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Yeah, it is a fun band.
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You know what would really help? If authors that people know and trust, many of whom signed on to the campaign asking Substack to change their policies, actually left. Because no one is going to listen to me when [redacted] and [redacted], not to mention [redacted] are still on there.
November 15, 2025 at 2:16 AM
You know what would really help? If authors that people know and trust, many of whom signed on to the campaign asking Substack to change their policies, actually left. Because no one is going to listen to me when [redacted] and [redacted], not to mention [redacted] are still on there.
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I think something that many of us have a difficult time with (myself included!) is how much you separate the art from the artist. a lot of great art has been made by shitty people
I don’t enjoy book clubs, but I’d love to lead a discussion of this book, which tackles this issue in a thoughtful way
I don’t enjoy book clubs, but I’d love to lead a discussion of this book, which tackles this issue in a thoughtful way
When art you love was made by 'Monsters': A critic lays out the 'Fan's Dilemma'
Do geniuses get a "hall pass" for their behavior? Or, do we "cancel" the art of artists who've done "monstrous" things? That's the question Claire Dederer tackles in her new book.
www.npr.org
November 13, 2025 at 2:17 PM
I think something that many of us have a difficult time with (myself included!) is how much you separate the art from the artist. a lot of great art has been made by shitty people
I don’t enjoy book clubs, but I’d love to lead a discussion of this book, which tackles this issue in a thoughtful way
I don’t enjoy book clubs, but I’d love to lead a discussion of this book, which tackles this issue in a thoughtful way
Playing posture is the same, even if facial hair is very different.
November 7, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Playing posture is the same, even if facial hair is very different.