Your piece is fascinating, articulate and insightful — as are its responses, especially Asia’s.

(1) People want to take sides and form tribes — “Everybody’s shouting ‘which side are you on?’” as Dylan sang. I wonder about attributing this to humanity, rather than analytical philosophy.

(2) Shouldn’t we all just want to be philosophers, drawing from a mix of precedent thought? How much can any philosopher contribute to philosophy