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I think I am missing the metaphor. Gatsby made his money as a bootlegger, and presented himself as a cultured guy. Yet he owned a library of unopened books. And

I think I am missing the metaphor. Gatsby made his money as a bootlegger, and presented himself as a cultured guy. Yet he owned a library of unopened books. And so do many academics make their careers fronting, or using faked or fraudulent data? Gatsby died in the end and the Old Money moved on quickly? You should have beautiful shirts to be a good academic?

topherclay 3y ago
The Wikipedia page has a quote about brainstorming name ideas that has this snippet, "...I wrote down the Great Gatsby curve because of Gatsby’s trouble trying to jump social classes in spite of his money."