Adrian Daub is a professor of comparative literature and German studies at Stanford University, and the director of Stanfords Program in Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. His research focuses on the intersection of literature, music, and philosophy in the nineteenth century, and he is the author of several books published by academic presses. His writing has appeared in The Guardian, The New Republic, n 1, Longreads, and the Los Angeles Review of Books. He lives in San Francisco.Adrian Daub is a professor of comparative literature and German studies at Stanford University, and the director of Stanfords Program in Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. His research focuses on the intersection of literature, music, and philosophy in the nineteenth century, and he is the author of several books published by academic presses. His writing has appeared in The Guardian, The New Republic, n 1, Longreads, and the Los Angeles Review of Books. He lives in San Francisco. From FSGO x Logic: a Stanford professor's spirited dismantling of Silicon Valley's intellectual origins