Fred Foldvary wrote: > > universities are maximizing something, but it's not clear what. > >Could it be that such universities seek to maximize prestige, or academic >esteem? .... Thus, the original seed of >good and useful research grows into a tree where the fruit becomes an end in >itself and is perpetuated by cultural memes which are themselves the end.
I hope you meant "original seed" metaphorically, rather than temporally. It's not clear there ever was a time when things were different. Robin Hanson [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hanson.gmu.edu Asst. Prof. Economics, George Mason University MSN 1D3, Carow Hall, Fairfax VA 22030-4444 703-993-2326 FAX: 703-993-2323
