Hi, I'm Jason S. Canon. I'm a PhD candidate in political theory at the University of Cambridge. I use this site for thinking in public.

Backstory

0-9: Born Jason Michael Swadley. Told parents I wanted to be a fire hydrant when I grew up. Grew up in Fair Grove, Missouri (population 919) near Springfield. Played Amahl in the opera Amahl and the Night Visitors.

10s: First kiss. Built a computer, back when that was hard. Went to the White House to shake the president’s hand. Graduated in a class of 50. Started at Drury University. Drove a moped off an embankment in Greece, splitting my heel in half.

20s: Launched the website where the Hackintosh was born. Studied abroad in London. Sold website to some Brits for just enough to cover MA studies at the University of Chicago. Started PhD research at Brown. Founded The Art of Theory, a political philosophy quarterly. Visited my 50th state. Lost myself, and returned home.

30s: Took care of my grandmother (or did she take care of me?). Took on my maternal family name. Relocated to Virginia. Published my first journal article, Three General Wills in Rousseau. Moved to Cambridge, England to begin PhD studies afresh.

40s: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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