I wish I was an investor or fund manager or whatever, because the modern version seems to be a kind of gentleman philosopher, who reads widely, spends time thinking about broader issues about human nature and where the world is going, and (because the job is bound up with money and finance) people pay attention to.
One gets the impression that being a public intellectual, and writing these missives to demonstrate bona fides, is a major part of the act. It may even be genuinely useful, although one wonders how much of what is useful makes it into the public-facing corpus.
I wish I was an investor or fund manager or whatever, because the modern version seems to be a kind of gentleman philosopher, who reads widely, spends time thinking about broader issues about human nature and where the world is going, and (because the job is bound up with money and finance) people pay attention to.
One gets the impression that being a public intellectual, and writing these missives to demonstrate bona fides, is a major part of the act. It may even be genuinely useful, although one wonders how much of what is useful makes it into the public-facing corpus.
Anyway, it seems fun. I could get into that role.