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> Education generally, and universities specifically, are highly durable institutions which have undergone massive changes over time It's as though, if you con
by an_opabinia 6y ago
> Education generally, and universities specifically, are highly durable institutions which have undergone massive changes over time
It's as though, if you concentrate a lot of smart and well-meaning people in one place, they make a great institution!
Maybe not any particular university, but the idea of elite, sequestered scholarship itself has long outlived neoliberal capitalism.
It was never about money. Moneyed interests expounding on the future of the academy are always dead wrong.
- Kinrany 6y agoFinding other smart and well-meaning people and coordinating with them to meet at the same place is not trivial though.
- AdrianB1 6y agoIn the history of universities, what is "neoliberal capitalism" and what does it have to do with it?
- dredmorbius 6y agoI think the persistence effect comes about from stronger and more complex dynamics than just "a lot of smart people".