Pretty good article and worth a read. I completely understand the rejection of traditional academia in leftist circles, but you can lose a lot of important nuance and knowledge by rejecting academic and intellectual principles.

There is obviously a considerable amount of elitism in the academic sphere and it ought to be questioned, but there’s a difference between that and outright opposition to lofty and/or esoteric scientific/academic pursuits.

There is also generally an anti-intellectual culture in the US that seriously inhibits people’s desire to learn: knowledge is only useful if you can use that knowledge for economic, political, or social gain.

As a consequence, our schools (and undergraduate institutions) rarely teach people how to think, but are instead glorified $60,000/yr boot camps. Philosophy and history majors are the laughingstock of America despite being one of the few demographics who enter university out of a genuine interest for intellectual development and it’s immensely saddening.

I’m saying this as a STEM double major.

Parents and teachers alike shut down children’s natural inclinations to curiosity at a young age, and if they don’t do it, their peers will eventually.

All of this ties back to an anti-intellectual culture that’s perpetuated by capitalism and a toxic and sisyphean hustle culture.

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I don't give a shit whether or not you think "industrial society and its consequences were a disaster for the human race," just don't pretend that trying to de-industrialize won't result in millions of deaths due to starvation

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THEY GOT Z BOOKS

End of a fucking era

If you're a climate activist and you're not explicitly anti-capitalist, you're not a climate activist

Fuck lol

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