Join me, online or in person, as I present “The Limits of Science: Why Albert Einstein Believed Science Needs the Humanities” this Sunday, November 26, before the Nature Coast Unitarian Universalists.
We seem to be on the same wavelength! My about page is literally the same. An excerpt:
"Universities have increasingly become commercialized entities, beholden to capitalistic interests, and thereby compromising genuine avenues for creation, innovation, and revolution. While students of the past generations took a stand against oppression and refused to march to war, today's students are consumed with the burden of repaying student debts. The rich heritage of education and enlightenment has - like much in this neoliberal world - been destroyed. Worse, universities once beacons of knowledge, have turned into gatekeepers of progress.
In our current landscape, possessing a university degree and adhering to the prevailing philosophy of the day—always inherently neoliberal—is necessary to gain recognition and respect: without letters after your name, you are not listened to nor respected for your thoughts and contributions on a matter, no matter how illuminating or pioneering. This is the most profound folly of our age. I would wage the wisest of individuals on Earth have never set foot in such institutions. Those with experience, wisdom, and knowledge to guide us out of the challenges we face are often found outside the confines of Western 'higher' educational corridors, ignored due to the trappings of educational prisons we put our ownselves - with the entirety of humanity - in."
We seem to be on the same wavelength! My about page is literally the same. An excerpt:
"Universities have increasingly become commercialized entities, beholden to capitalistic interests, and thereby compromising genuine avenues for creation, innovation, and revolution. While students of the past generations took a stand against oppression and refused to march to war, today's students are consumed with the burden of repaying student debts. The rich heritage of education and enlightenment has - like much in this neoliberal world - been destroyed. Worse, universities once beacons of knowledge, have turned into gatekeepers of progress.
In our current landscape, possessing a university degree and adhering to the prevailing philosophy of the day—always inherently neoliberal—is necessary to gain recognition and respect: without letters after your name, you are not listened to nor respected for your thoughts and contributions on a matter, no matter how illuminating or pioneering. This is the most profound folly of our age. I would wage the wisest of individuals on Earth have never set foot in such institutions. Those with experience, wisdom, and knowledge to guide us out of the challenges we face are often found outside the confines of Western 'higher' educational corridors, ignored due to the trappings of educational prisons we put our ownselves - with the entirety of humanity - in."
Great minds and all that eh ;-)?