[i] There is something about social media, and it only takes a single look at Twitter/stupid-name-of-X to see what a cesspool social media can be. The problem with social media is that it seems to bring out the worst in people, academics or not, and there are no constraints or filters at all. [iv]Surprisingly, you do find yourself having to defend the actions of your heroes to others on occasion in the very terms I have argued should not be the case. This of course applies to intellectual heroes as much as it applies to any kind of hero; I’m still upset about some of Roger Federer’s losses. Choose a dead hero instead, I say, research them well, and make sure you can live with everything they ever said and did.