I think that statement is getting less true every year. Increasingly, for instance, we seem to only hire people who would be tenurable today. So people are th

I think that statement is getting less true every year. Increasingly, for instance, we seem to only hire people who would be tenurable today. So people are thinking they need to have a number of papers, etc., before they get a PhD. It is an accelleration and a person wonders if it doesn't result in people churning out stuff because it it publishable, rather than because it is worthwhile. And when you reward that, that's what you get.