Fantastic panel on impersonality in literature and the arts yesterday, at the annual meeting of the American Comparative Literature Association.

A huge thanks to everyone involved!

#acla #acla2025 #impersonality #bureaucraticmodernism #bureaucraticfiction #comparativeliterature #complit

#Bureaucracy has 4 features

#hierarchy (clearly defined spheres of competence and divisions of labor)
#continuity (long term staffing)
#impersonality (prescribed rules and operating rules,not arbitrary)
#expertise (officials are chosen according to merit, have been trained)

What does #Musk hate?