Discipline and Publish
60 years ago, it is hard to imagine a greater achievement of Western culture than the academy.
Today it's a collapsing institution, a scaffold for careerists, which kills off all who had higher aspirations.
Outside of technical areas, most articles written after the 1970s are excruciating to read and have very little content.
Nicholas - Harsh but fair. You have to pan for the gold. But when I find it, I champion it. Not sure about the full cost-benefit analysis tho.
Thanks Matt,
I'm sure they exist, but give me an example of something in the academic social sciences that is broad, provocative, insightful and generative — published any time this century.
Here are some of my faves: https://tempo.substack.com/p/a-teacher-of-evil
60 years ago, it is hard to imagine a greater achievement of Western culture than the academy.
Today it's a collapsing institution, a scaffold for careerists, which kills off all who had higher aspirations.
Outside of technical areas, most articles written after the 1970s are excruciating to read and have very little content.
Nicholas - Harsh but fair. You have to pan for the gold. But when I find it, I champion it. Not sure about the full cost-benefit analysis tho.
Thanks Matt,
I'm sure they exist, but give me an example of something in the academic social sciences that is broad, provocative, insightful and generative — published any time this century.
Here are some of my faves: https://tempo.substack.com/p/a-teacher-of-evil