Yeah, equating these things, as though some form if radical epistemology might advocate for violent acquisition of cash... it feels like something from a Robert Anton Wilson trilogy.
Philosophers are no more outsiders to society than any other high level academic. Which is to say their daily concerns in their career may be vastly different from most, but their societal place is towards the pinacle of society, a society advanced enough to allow for large segments of its population to focus on concerns further up in Maslow's hierarchy. Criminals, on the other hand, represent the society's failures and blindspots.
Equating the two really just says, "look at us, are we not identical? Do we not, both of us, exist on the extremities of societal progression?"
Kudos to the author for transitioning out of one extreme and towards another. But he doesn't need to worry that Daniel Dennett is going to shoot him for his stash.
I agree, it was like a pay-walled article where you have to sign up to get to the interesting bits, but wasn't..
'There is no backing, explanation or argumentation of anything except that libraries are cleaner than pron movie theaters.'
Philosophers also, as far as I am aware, don't sporadically acquire large sacks full of illicit cash.