{"version": "1.0", "type": "rich", "title": "Say we denominate you as a public intellectual, so then what would a private intellectual look like? Is that distinction useful...", "author_name": "kontextmaschine", "author_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "provider_name": "kontextmaschine", "provider_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "url": "https://kontextmaschine.com/post/182623167518/", "html": "<div class=\"question\"><strong>Anonymous</strong> asked: Say we denominate you as a public intellectual, so then what would a private intellectual look like? Is that distinction useful or nontrivial? </div>\n<p>First off, you flatter. And the antonym would be like academics who write for other members of the academy, or <i>court intellectuals</i> who serve the powerful \u2013 today that\u2019d be like, someone at an obscure think tank who puts out white papers on transit policy for an audience of like 40 Transportation Committee staffers</p>"}