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Plato was not doing 'behavioral economics.' This is so dumb. Academia is broken.
by saturnian 9y ago
Plato was not doing 'behavioral economics.' This is so dumb. Academia is broken.
- lr4444lr 9y agoNot sure why you're getting downvoted. I have a huge respect for the enduring legacy of Greek philosophy, and I too thought links in this article were extremely tenuous, and smacked of whatever the fallacy of appealing to ancient wisdom is called. Anyone who's read Plato's dialogues will find that one of their enduring hallmarks is how even the most intelligent and formidable interlocutors are eventually compelled at least to admit the weakness of their arguments within the course of a conversation, if not change their mind to the more persuasive character's (often Socrates') point of view on some profound subjects. It's actually a beautiful and instructive aspect of the literature, but it's an idealized progression of thought among well-educated men - not a realistic portrayal of the average person's psychological progression.
- mmmpop 9y agoFor the same reason Ted Dzubia no longer writes blog posts--the internet can't handle cutting the crap and being blunt.
- aninhumer 9y ago"This is so dumb. Academia is broken." is not simply "blunt" it's hostile, vague and adds almost nothing to the discussion. There's a reasonable argument to be made here, but they did not make it.
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- Indy9000 9y agoPlato also knew Javascript and the rise of the robots. (I don't have to cite because ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
- ctlaltdefeat 9y agoAcademia? The author is a journalist.