Chidi and Radja in “Unfinished Business”

Chidi

So? What do you think?

I think it's 3,600 pages. I have a JOB, Chidi. I have A FAMILY. Until I had to read this, I had a WILL TO LIVE. This work is an insane, tangled web of inscrutability.

Chidi

In the fun, "grad students will analyze this for centuries" way?

No, in the Unabomber way.

Chidi

Okay...well, um...I'll write my way out of the maze. I'll re-outline the middle chapters, do more research-

NO, Chidi. You can't answer every question every philosopher has ever asked, so...what in these pages do you care about?

Chidi

All of it. Equally.

Shut up.

Chidi

...But-

Shut up, shut up.

Chidi

Should I-

Shut up! SHUT. UP.

The greatest works of modern philosophy are emotional. They make an argument about how the world is and OUGHT to be. There is a great mind at work in here, but where is the heart? Where are the GUTS?

Chidi

I understand. I do. So, I'm going to go home and...compose a short paper for you.

Chidi

Arguing that I should continue working on this longer paper.

SHUT! UP!