The End of Knowledge is usually just experienced as grief. I don't think academia ends, it goes dark. We probably need a white spot of apprehending new concept

The End of Knowledge is usually just experienced as grief. I don't think academia ends, it goes dark. We probably need a white spot of apprehending new concepts inside the vaulted, empty, halls of academia. Underwater basket weaving and gender studies are a good cover for ideas better kept secret. Secrets in general are basically mandatory. Electronics has persecuted 'knowledge creators', enough.