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On a tangent, the author has an article in the Atlantic about the increasingly strained economics of universities. Combine that with the novelty of Patreon's fu
by xapata 6y ago
On a tangent, the author has an article in the Atlantic about the increasingly strained economics of universities. Combine that with the novelty of Patreon's fundraising and it's worth pointing out the author's Patreon page. He has a very reasonable "buy me a coffee" subscription.
It's no one's fault that a chunk of society goes down the humanities PhD rabbit hole only to discover the adjunct professor job market is bonkers (some of the world's smartest [or some semblance of it] people competing intensely for almost no money). But, I think blogs and subscriptions like his are a potential way to remedy the situation.
https://www.patreon.com/user?u=20122096 https://www.patreon.com/user?u=20122096
- SpicyLemonZest 6y agoYeah, strongly seconded. This kind of blog is exactly what's great about having academic historians around.
- CydeWeys 6y agoI've been reading him for a long time now, and I just wish he'd do a podcast or a video essay YouTube channel or something (or partner with someone skilled in these areas to make it happen). He's much more knowledgeable than the existing people doing this in these areas, yet he has a tiny fraction of the audience solely because of his choice of blogging medium. His actual content is genuinely interesting and obviously well-researched and I'd put him up favorably against any of the others.
- ksdale 6y agoIronically, I follow Bret's work over other, more famous people, because I prefer reading over listening or watching.
- boyband6666 6y agoSame. I can read quickly, and when suits me. Video I have to be sat at a computer paying attention which is time I can use for other things, and go at their speed.
- user5994461 6y agoThe quick must be ironic. His articles are insanely long, could be an hour read sometimes for a slow reader. Each post is a booklet long if it were put on paper. Not a criticism. I like long text too. That would be extremely boring in a 30 minutes video though.
- xapata 6y agoI think it's long because writing a short letter is harder, as the joke goes.
- boyband6666 6y agoBut a video covering that would be 30 minutes. I can read it in a lot less. Having been through academia, you do after all learn to read quickly :-)
- alexpetralia 6y agoYes, I really learned a ton from him. Please donate if you enjoy and are able to!
- pm90 6y agoNo it’s not. The only way to sustainably fund smart people in the humanities is for the State to provide such funding, and we should be funding a lot more than we do today. I find it incredibly difficult to understand why Americans don’t understand that funding for scholars is a solved problem and we should simply be committing more to it. The US has the largest number of universities but could easily support double that, not to mention expanding existing universities, which are mostly well run.