Too late to save the university system? I suspect so. What phoenix can rise from the clouds of toxic dust and noise as it implodes?https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1101596081660575748 …
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The “Geeks, MOPs, and sociopaths” model may apply? University was an eccentric subculture that got flooded with MOPs wanting a Lite product. Then the sociopaths (administrators) moved in to monetize the demand.https://meaningness.com/geeks-mops-sociopaths …
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It seems to have long predated the subculture era, so maybe it was something else before then, and in that case, the transition from the other thing into a subculture seems like an interesting matter.
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Interesting point... there were subcultures going back long before the era, and still up to the present, though. What was distinctive about 1975-2000 was that subculturalism was the dominant mode of the cultural leading edge.
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Any other cultures as long-lived as the university system? It seems odd for it to remain stable for centuries in a state where other things are not stable more than 10-20 years. Maybe late 20thC was special in accelerating everything, but I don't think that's part of the model.
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Yes, I’ve wondered about that! Some religions go for centuries and then end, I guess.
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