Daniel W. Drezner

I’ve gone to the bad place again

Really, I was going to do some work tonight…. but then I kept thinking about this Brad DeLong post about canonical Star Trek episodes. That led to some web surfing, and before I knew it found this at Youtube: This was bad enough, but then it led to this clip, and then that led to ...

By , a professor of international politics at the Fletcher School at Tufts University and the author of The Ideas Industry.

Really, I was going to do some work tonight.... but then I kept thinking about this Brad DeLong post about canonical Star Trek episodes. That led to some web surfing, and before I knew it found this at Youtube: This was bad enough, but then it led to this clip, and then that led to this clip, which led to this bit, and, then, well this intrigued me but I just couldn't really enjoy it, and then, finally, oh dear God, there was this extract from my 13-year old id. I'll post again once I've regained some equilibrium. UPDATE: Ah, a Youtube video that brings me (sort of) back to the real world.

Really, I was going to do some work tonight…. but then I kept thinking about this Brad DeLong post about canonical Star Trek episodes. That led to some web surfing, and before I knew it found this at Youtube:

This was bad enough, but then it led to this clip, and then that led to this clip, which led to this bit, and, then, well this intrigued me but I just couldn’t really enjoy it, and then, finally, oh dear God, there was this extract from my 13-year old id. I’ll post again once I’ve regained some equilibrium. UPDATE: Ah, a Youtube video that brings me (sort of) back to the real world.

Daniel W. Drezner is a professor of international politics at the Fletcher School at Tufts University and the author of The Ideas Industry. Twitter: @dandrezner

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