The media could not sell it if people weren't buying it. Hedonism is our highest value. Screw the environment because all possible futures are impossible. Live well today for we die tomorrow.
The media as root cause premise fails to account for the rising ignorance of the electorate in spite of high levels of literacy and ubiquitous access to information in the "age of information." Media alone cannot be held accountable for rising anti-intellectualism and anti-science agenda which are the spirit of our age. Your industry contributes too professor. What were once the pillars of our communities have become diploma mills. University is no longer the place where people learn to see the world clearly and as a whole. Universities now produce products for profit which serve neoliberal globalism instead of critical thinking. Once upon a time we trusted higher education to produce knowledgeable citizens with leadership skills. Now we have glorified trade schools—some place to get you ticket punched for a good paying job. And even that's not true anymore.
Universities owe allegiance to private interests (e.g., Steven Salaita at the University of Illinois) rather than the public trust. Even publicly funded institutions are subject to supply and demand lowering their requirements in order to compete for dumber and dumber students. Educators have to beg for their commissions from the wealthy and the powerful and accept the inherent quid pro quo that comes with it.
At some point you have to look to the citizens themselves as the source of the poor quality of "civilization" we are witnessing. This is what comes of letting the "free market" make all our decisions for us.
The media could not sell it if people weren't buying it. Hedonism is our highest value. Screw the environment because all possible futures are impossible. Live well today for we die tomorrow.
The media as root cause premise fails to account for the rising ignorance of the electorate in spite of high levels of literacy and ubiquitous access to information in the "age of information." Media alone cannot be held accountable for rising anti-intellectualism and anti-science agenda which are the spirit of our age. Your industry contributes too professor. What were once the pillars of our communities have become diploma mills. University is no longer the place where people learn to see the world clearly and as a whole. Universities now produce products for profit which serve neoliberal globalism instead of critical thinking. Once upon a time we trusted higher education to produce knowledgeable citizens with leadership skills. Now we have glorified trade schools—some place to get you ticket punched for a good paying job. And even that's not true anymore.
Universities owe allegiance to private interests (e.g., Steven Salaita at the University of Illinois) rather than the public trust. Even publicly funded institutions are subject to supply and demand lowering their requirements in order to compete for dumber and dumber students. Educators have to beg for their commissions from the wealthy and the powerful and accept the inherent quid pro quo that comes with it.
At some point you have to look to the citizens themselves as the source of the poor quality of "civilization" we are witnessing. This is what comes of letting the "free market" make all our decisions for us.