That makes sense, as astronomy is also not a major generally leading to lucrative careers...
On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 8:38 PM, Steve Richfield <[email protected]>wrote: > Ben, > > Its not just humanities departments,e.g. most universities have already > combined their Physics and Astronomy departments. > > Steve > =============== > On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 3:40 PM, Ben Goertzel <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Yes, because there are few students who want to study those >> (humanities) disciplines anymore, as more and more students view >> university as practical career preparation rather than mind-broadening >> liberal education.... Some universities are even shutting down or >> consolidating those departments... >> >> On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 6:35 PM, Mike Tintner <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > Ah ha.. well philosophy has always been poorly paid - here too. So >> perhaps >> > it's more the humanities and allied disciplines that are paying >> terribly? >> > >> > -----Original Message----- From: Ben Goertzel >> > Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2012 11:29 PM >> > To: AGI >> > Subject: Re: [agi] Hwo tough in US academe? >> > >> > >> > US science and engineering academia is doing pretty well, I think. >> > US academic disciplines like anthropology and philosophy are doing >> > poorly, as this article points out. Whether this is problematic or >> > not, depends on your perspective... >> > >> > -- Ben G >> > >> > On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 5:55 PM, Mike Tintner <[email protected] >> > >> > wrote: >> >> >> >> This article published in Al Jazeera - where else? -makes it sound v. >> >> tough: >> >> >> >> The closing of American academia >> >> >> http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/08/2012820102749246453.html >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------- >> >> AGI >> >> Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now >> >> RSS Feed: >> https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/212726-11ac2389 >> >> Modify Your Subscription: >> >> https://www.listbox.com/member/?&; >> >> >> >> Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > -- >> > Ben Goertzel, PhD >> > http://goertzel.org >> > >> > "My humanity is a constant self-overcoming" -- Friedrich Nietzsche >> > >> > >> > ------------------------------------------- >> > AGI >> > Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now >> > RSS Feed: >> https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/6952829-59a2eca5 >> > Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?&; >> > >> > Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com >> > >> > >> > ------------------------------------------- >> > AGI >> > Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now >> > RSS Feed: >> https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/212726-11ac2389 >> > Modify Your Subscription: >> > https://www.listbox.com/member/?&; >> > Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com >> >> >> >> -- >> Ben Goertzel, PhD >> http://goertzel.org >> >> "My humanity is a constant self-overcoming" -- Friedrich Nietzsche >> >> >> ------------------------------------------- >> AGI >> Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now >> RSS Feed: >> https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/10443978-6f4c28ac >> >> Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?&; >> Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com >> > > > > -- > Full employment can be had with the stoke of a pen. Simply institute a six > hour workday. That will easily create enough new jobs to bring back full > employment. > > > *AGI* | Archives <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now> > <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/212726-11ac2389> | > Modify<https://www.listbox.com/member/?&;>Your Subscription > <http://www.listbox.com> > -- Ben Goertzel, PhD http://goertzel.org "My humanity is a constant self-overcoming" -- Friedrich Nietzsche ------------------------------------------- AGI Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/21088071-c97d2393 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=21088071&id_secret=21088071-2484a968 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
