It is hard work to write a book, so there is unavoidable irony in fashioning a volume on the value of being idle. There is a paradox, too: to praise idleness is to suggest that there is some point to ...

Kieran Setiya
Kieran Setiya is a professor of philosophy at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, working mainly in ethics, epistemology, and the philosophy of mind. He is the author of a self-help book, Midlife: A Philosophical Guide (Princeton University Press, 2017), and is one of the most highly ranked players at Diamond Mind Online, the leading historical baseball simulation.
Going Deep: Baseball and Philosophy
Among the iconic images that memorialize one of the greatest moments in baseball history—Bill Mazeroski’s walk-off home run to win the 1960 World Series for the Pittsburgh Pirates—I have a special ...