Is “cross-cultural #philosophy” meaningful in a global academic monoculture? http://waywardphilosophy.com/the-hard-cross-cultural-problem/ … by @willbuckingham
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Replying to @Meaningness
University culture—with the partial exception of STEM—has become so dysfunctional that most worthwhile thinking has to be done outside it.
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Thinking is expensive. It takes many person-years to generate any worthwhile new idea. How can we find new ways to fund original thought?
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We need new kinds of institutions for thinking; new ways of collaborating, new funding mechanisms, new social structures.
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@Meaningness this was the original impetus for universities, then later, think tanks. Trick is balancing incentives to prevent corruption!1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@davidmanheim Yes to all of those points! Universities seem to be past the point of no return, though. And they suck up most of the funding.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@Meaningness any organization is capable of applying for the same grant or foundation money; if you demonstrate superior ROI, it could work.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@davidmanheim True; but I think that@willbuckingham ’s point (which I agree with) is that the criteria and processes are dysfunctional.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@Meaningness that wasn't the main point I got from@willbuckingham 's essay; I'm also less interested in philosophy than academia in general1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@davidmanheim@willbuckingham I think his complaint about paperwork was partly that :) But yes, academia in general is broken; multiple ways1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@davidmanheim @willbuckingham That is, paper-writing and grant-writing are often formal, content-free (or signaling) exercises now.
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