Leaving Academia

[ysabetwordsmith]

Here is an essay about a professor leaving academia. 

I went to U of I.  There were parts of it that I enjoyed, and the culture wasn't that bad.  But I can see parallels.  For me it was more a matter of looking at the way education was going, and deciding not to get involved in public education as a teacher.  It was obviously going down the tubes, and that was decades ago; it's infinitely worse now.  So too, many colleges.  :/  I couldn't stop it.  I could sure get the hell out of the way.

Comments

Re: Thoughts

[curiosity]

Boo. Wealth breeds contempt. All the way around. Including contempt for common sense. I wonder if that isn't just a built-in feature. A self-correction option for when humanity goes off the rails.

Re: Thoughts

[ysabetwordsmith]

Yes, it is.

So is the fact that prosocial behavior breaks off when society turns toxic or when there's a plague. Mob formation is a safety valve. Doesn't look like it unless you know exactly what to watch for, but it's among the more reliable ways to tear down a tyrant -- it switches off self-preservation. That goes all the way back to hominids mobbing large predators as a last resort.

Re: Thoughts

[curiosity]

Well then things are going to get crazy interesting here shortly. Time to make some lemonade and set up a lawn chair to watch the show.