Here is something I wrote earlier this week on centralized power that relates at another angle: http://www.deliberatelyconsidered.com/2011/09/the-megapower-elite/
Gene -----Original Message----- From: C S Peirce discussion list [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Steven Ericsson-Zenith Sent: Friday, September 30, 2011 3:28 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [peirce-l] Sciences as Communicational Communities -- Academic Capitalism Sadly I agree with Jon's sense of despondency concerning "the war on science." The problem, however, is the product of "central planning." As a consequence we are Serfs (Hayek). Looking for a prescriptive solution that is other than the simple devolution of this centralized system will only make matters worse. With respect, Steven On Sep 30, 2011, at 7:06 AM, Jon Awbrey wrote: > Sally, Gene, & All, > > In relation to the "purpose of a university" and what's been happening to it > lately, > I earlier mentioned the themes of "academic capitalism" and the "war on > science". > > <JA 30 Aug 2011> > I think it is reasonable to be concerned with distorting influences > on research and scholarship, whether we find them in the sciences or > in the other disciplines. Looking around, the conflicts of interest > appear to grow more pushy and more pervasive every day. I'm thinking > of cautionary tales like Slaughter and Leslie on Academic Capitalism, > or Chris Mooney in "The Republican War on Science", just to name two > that other contexts of discussion are constantly bringing to mind. > > But the question was: What to do about it? > > It appears that further inquiry is called for. > </JA> > > Here is a paper that summarizes the issues of academic capitalism: > > Susan M. Awbrey, > Making the 'Invisible Hand' Visible: > The Case for Dialogue About Academic Capitalism > http://www2.oakland.edu/oujournal/files/5_Awbrey.pdf > > I fear that the situation has grown far worse since the time that > paper was written, but it depresses me too much to talk about it, > so I'll just leave it at that until I recover some trace of hope. > > Regards, > > Jon > > -- > > facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/JonnyCache > policy mic: www.policymic.com/profile/show?id=1110 > inquiry list: http://stderr.org/pipermail/inquiry/ > mwb: http://www.mywikibiz.com/Directory:Jon_Awbrey > knol: http://knol.google.com/k/-/-/3fkwvf69kridz/1 > oeiswiki: http://www.oeis.org/wiki/User:Jon_Awbrey > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > You are receiving this message because you are subscribed to the PEIRCE-L > listserv. To remove yourself from this list, send a message to > [email protected] with the line "SIGNOFF PEIRCE-L" in the body of > the message. To post a message to the list, send it to > [email protected] --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- You are receiving this message because you are subscribed to the PEIRCE-L listserv. To remove yourself from this list, send a message to [email protected] with the line "SIGNOFF PEIRCE-L" in the body of the message. To post a message to the list, send it to [email protected] --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- You are receiving this message because you are subscribed to the PEIRCE-L listserv. To remove yourself from this list, send a message to [email protected] with the line "SIGNOFF PEIRCE-L" in the body of the message. To post a message to the list, send it to [email protected]
