It is that time of the year again when I venture out to UBCto engage and grapple with the current year’s Quinn Memorial Lecture. This timearound, I had to rush to make it on time as my online university course endedjust an hour before the event was set to begin. But as usual, I ended up beingearly, so I had more than enough time to settle comfortably and wait for thelecture to start.

In fact, I have been going to the series for over a dozenyears now. The first talk I attended was on “Free...