My experience of academia was very different from Marzoni's. I wasn't in the humanities, however.
Frank ----------------------------------- Frank Wimberly My memoir: https://www.amazon.com/author/frankwimberly My scientific publications: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Frank_Wimberly2 Phone (505) 670-9918 On Sun, Nov 4, 2018, 12:13 PM Marcus Daniels <[email protected] wrote: > I think everyone should have the opportunity to pursue their curiosity > pretty much unfettered. That’s what prosperity depends upon. To > approximate this freedom by issuing public debt for education is too little > and too late. That said, I voted for the issuance of such debt even > though I am suspicious of the organizations that could receive the money > and the thinking of people that like these organizations. (Of course, I > am way *more than suspicious* of the other side.) I would rather raise > taxes to address mental health problems and to ensure a basic income > because the zombie hoard is becoming a real danger. Another idea is to > discourage reproduction through tax incentives, recognizing there will be > fewer jobs that can’t be automated. Jobs like communicating crystallized > knowledge to young people. > > > > *From: *Friam <[email protected]> on behalf of Nick Thompson < > [email protected]> > *Reply-To: *The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group < > [email protected]> > *Date: *Sunday, November 4, 2018 at 11:27 AM > *To: *'The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group' < > [email protected]> > *Subject: *Re: [FRIAM] Vote: The future of our nation depends on it | > Letters To Editor | santafenewmexican.com > > > > Hi, Marcus, > > > > So, I take it, you è*Don’t*ç think that “…the future safety and > prosperity of our nation depends on...” getting more resources ”…to > education at every level”? > > > > My own view is (FWIW) that, despite the many faults you identify, some > time in a college or university is a good idea for most people and that > society gains from giving some highly-educated people the opportunity to > pursue their curiosity pretty much unfettered. I wish the professoriate > was, as a rule, more grateful for the opportunities that academic freedom > gives them and less arrogant in the expression of their inexpert > opinions. I am an “alumnus” of the ferocious battle between the California > republican party and the Berkeley campus activists of the sixties. I am > increasingly doubtful that recruitment for political action, in any sense, > ought to be part of the portfolio of any professor. I hate to say it, > but Reagan may have won THAT argument. The moat around the ivory tower may > be part of the deal. > > > > What I would hate to see is that because of well-founded distaste for some > academics’ behavior, people like yourself adopt a global contempt for > education at every level. > > > > Nick > > > > Nicholas S. Thompson > > Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Biology > > Clark University > > http://home.earthlink.net/~nickthompson/naturaldesigns/ > > > > *From:* Friam [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Marcus > Daniels > *Sent:* Sunday, November 04, 2018 10:00 AM > *To:* The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group < > [email protected]> > *Subject:* Re: [FRIAM] Vote: The future of our nation depends on it | > Letters To Editor | santafenewmexican.com > > > > > https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/academia-is-a-cult/2018/10/31/eea787a0-bd08-11e8-b7d2-0773aa1e33da_story.html > > > > *From: *Friam <[email protected]> on behalf of Owen Densmore < > [email protected]> > *Reply-To: *The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group < > [email protected]> > *Date: *Sunday, November 4, 2018 at 9:34 AM > *To: *Complexity Coffee Group <[email protected]> > *Subject: *[FRIAM] Vote: The future of our nation depends on it | Letters > To Editor | santafenewmexican.com > > > > Frank and Nick in the Santa Fe newspaper: > > > http://www.santafenewmexican.com/opinion/letters_to_editor/vote-the-future-of-our-nation-depends-on-it/article_75256ffa-c10f-565b-ac01-debb4dfe3d90.html > > > > -- Owen > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ by Dr. Strangelove >
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