Philosopher referenced as someone whose world-changing thoughts occurred during a billiard game, contrasted with the blank-minded experience of wage labor.
"I have some friends who think that my opinions on polyamory are 'right-wing nonsense.' Their argument to me is that I've fallen into the fallacy of believing that things ought to be as they have been, that I wrongly believe that the past dictates what is right. They're reading David Hume's plato(dot"