Hi, I'm Jason Canon, a PhD student in political theory at the University of Cambridge.
The Story So Far
0-9: Born Jason Michael Swadley, 1985 vintage. Said that I wanted to be a fire hydrant when I grew up. Did kids stuff in Fair Grove, Missouri (population 919), not far from Springfield. Played Amahl in the opera Amahl and the Night Visitors.
10s: First kiss. Built a computer. Shook the president’s hand in the White House with the U.S. Senate Youth Program. Graduated in a class of 50. Started at Drury University. Accidentally drove a moped off a cliff in Greece.
20s: Launched the website where the Hackintosh was born. Studied abroad in London. Sold website to some Brits. Earned master’s from the University of Chicago. Started Ph.D. at Brown. Founded The Art of Theory, a political philosophy quarterly. Visited my 50th state. Lost myself. Returned home to heal.
30s: Became my grandmother's caregiver. Added her family’s name to mine. Moved to Virginia to advance the frontiers of liberal thought. Started to write for what felt like the first time. Published my first journal article, Three General Wills in Rousseau. Moved to England to start a PhD at Cambridge.
40s: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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