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Not that I’d want to defend Ezra Klein, but “there’s an entire field of study” has always seemed to me to be a dumb whine. I mean if I write a future speculations article, astrologers could make that complaint. The value of a field must be demonstrated, not just asserted.
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I don’t care if a thousand idiots in a captured academic field of mutual congratulation are writing journal articles at each other using a self-important internal lingo. If you can’t demonstrate your relevance in *public* terms of reference you deserve to be ignored.
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Not just accessible but relevant. Engineering has a natural advantage in that tech produces artifacts you can use whether or not you understand how they work. I don’t need you to study navier stokes equations before complaining about airlines. The airplane itself is “relevance”
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I think I’ve read pieces by a couple of people in the thread, yes. But my basic attitude is: leave your credentials and references to your prestigious field and profound work at the door when you enter the public arena. Show me what I can value without all that.
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