tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9560953.post4601321720540256193..comments2023-12-31T19:34:14.853-05:00Comments on Dymaxion World: Whoopsjohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09690430991814528863noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9560953.post-84622253962223647652009-01-14T14:02:00.000-05:002009-01-14T14:02:00.000-05:00Personally I like (and I see that Dave at LG&M...Personally I like (and I see that Dave at LG&M makes this connection too) how Ezra immediately generalizes from the handful of academics that he knows - and who knows what kinds of academics these folks are - to all academics everywhere.<BR/><BR/>And of course Ezra leaves out all of the academics who are teachers first and foremost and researchers second (or even last) in his "class" of academics. Nevermind those of us who have an actual goal in life of teaching at a nice liberal arts university that doesn't have an intense research focus - apparently we aren't "academics" to him (perhaps we're some kind of sausage, or possibly a kind of aardvark).<BR/><BR/>Ezra writes a lot of stuff. Some of it is good, some of it is kind of dumb, and a lot of it betrays his personal privilege and narrow world view. But this is the first thing I can recall him writing that is just so mind-numbingly stupid that it makes me think his critics are right and that he really is just a privileged rich kid who doesn't know squat about anything and needs to get out into the world and live a little bit more.<BR/><BR/>--NonyNonyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com