Here's a better idea: let new Ph.D graduates go into industry, and treat their time solving real world problems in industry as their postdoc. Then, when/if the

Here's a better idea: let new Ph.D graduates go into industry, and treat their time solving real world problems in industry as their postdoc. Then, when/if they go into academic tenure-track positions, they'll have more experience to draw upon to do more fruitful and valuable research.