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Stephen Diamond's avatar

"Elephant in the room": A very large issue that everyone is acutely aware of, but nobody wants to talk about. Perhaps a sore spot, perhaps politically incorrect, or perhaps a political hot potato, it's something that no one wants to touch with a ten foot pole.

Or perhaps some other norm violation, which probably applies here. Yet I'm driven to observe that the present elephant in the room is that Robin is second author of this book. Counter-signaling, dealism, or genuine lack of concern with status?

There is even a (mild) ethical issue here. I'm not sure it's quite right for intellectuals to surrender credit. It clouds the intellectual history.

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amacfied's avatar

Congrats and thanks. And I for one find the "memes" funny but not mocking, and not an indication that the ideas are not taken seriously.

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