There are many ways to speak falsehood and only one way to speak truth. It follows … that the truth is likely to become boring.

–  Robert Paul Wolff

1. Hat tip to Corey Robin for quoting Wolff.
2. The suggestion that a key role of philosophy is to keep metaphysical speculation in check appeals to me.
3. Any relationship to the Gartner Hype Cycle is, I’m sure, purely coincidental.