Let me say a few words before we start the show.

This episode was actually recorded in mid-June just after we talked to the invasive thoughts, guys.

So there's some reference at the end of that.

This episode got bumped forward in time a little bit because on these no-guest episodes,

I do the editing myself, and I just didn't get around to it.

But I also thought, given Bill's imminent departure from

the show that there was some good dramatic irony here, especially in the empty street parts of

this discussion. We still have a couple more episodes with Bill. We'll make it to episode 100 at

least. And I've got some more or less inco-hate plans about what to do after that.

This is a very fun show for me, so I'd like it not to go away completely.

Also, if you want to be the bill this fall and take a philosophy class from me over the internet

with some other smart fellow learners, I'm teaching one on political philosophy.

Enrollment has just opened. You can go to

partially examinelife.com slash class to learn more and get the link to enroll. As always,

hope you enjoy the episode. Thanks for listening. This is philosophy versus improv, where two

sages try to teach each other a thing or two,

and maybe you, the audience, get something out of it as well.

I'm Mark Linsonmeyer.

Your philosophy, I feel like we've run out of hierarchical terms.

Your philosophy, is there a different dimension of hierarchy that we can explore? Explore, yeah. Adjacent, let's just say adjacent to philosophy. Is there a different dimension of hierarchy that we can explore? Explore, yeah.

Adjacent. Let's just say adjacent to philosophy. Okay. And incongruent with improv or less

congruent or, uh, I'm Bill Arnett adjacent to improv. We can, you know, and because, okay,

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