Not his idea of fun, which will surprise precisely no one.

'Learning from expertise is one thing. It is something that happens naturally. But you have no way to apply it; to sit and discuss theory serves nothing but your own selfish ends.'

Learning for learning's sake, while other people pick up their tabs. They are dead, and useless, and instead of finding some way to contribute they sit up here, and discuss nonsense that has no relevance to anything but their own intellectual pleasures.

'Get a job. Do something of use.'