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Put college students and incarcerated people in the same philosophy class and watch the performative activism disappear. Miller runs these mixed classes and finds that people with real stakes in understanding reality engage differently than students chasing grades. The college kids learn that ideas matter outside their bubble. The incarcerated students get intellectual preparation for reentry. Turns out Socratic dialogue works better when people stop posturing.