I'm a tenured professor of social science (at a large research university) who is on the cusp of leaving my position Perhaps you should write a book! I could

I'm a tenured professor of social science (at a large research university) who is on the cusp of leaving my position Perhaps you should write a book! I could probably write a book on the topic and it still wouldn't be enough Then perhaps you should write two books. I think this is a story that needs to be told its full complexity, and you seem to be in a good position to do so. It's as if we decided as a society to honor war veterans by celebrating only those few survivors with the wildest, most glamorous tales of adventure An excellent analogy. I think science is just one more casualty of this, but it's been hidden for awhile due to the gradual nature of the disease, and the cracks are starting to show. This is one of the parts that confuses me: what sets the pace for the "race to the bottom"? If the incentive structures haven't changed, why did it take so long to reach where we are, and why are some fields still relatively immune?