Note: I struggled to title this essay, and a shoutout to my friend Alex Brussell for giving me the answer (but see my endnote for an alt title). I have a good friend from my undergraduate days, a time that is now more than three decades in the past. He is very dear to me, but I will let you in on a secret: his worldview, his persona, and much else (including, as a minor byproduct, his view of me) are all frozen in the past.