What I mean is that most of these people are self interested fools who are nowhere near as knowledgeable as they believe themselves to be.
Most in that category are also not very good at their jobs, which leads to administrative bloat, torturously ineffective bureaucracy, and teaching positions going to whoever is best at politicking rather than the person who is better at teaching.
I’m not arrogant enough to assume I know what other people know and don’t know. Every prof I had always had lots of knowledge of things I had no knowledge of. But that’s what it means when everyone is specialized.
What I mean is that most of these people are self interested fools who are nowhere near as knowledgeable as they believe themselves to be.
Most in that category are also not very good at their jobs, which leads to administrative bloat, torturously ineffective bureaucracy, and teaching positions going to whoever is best at politicking rather than the person who is better at teaching.
I don’t care at all about economic usefulness.
I’m not arrogant enough to assume I know what other people know and don’t know. Every prof I had always had lots of knowledge of things I had no knowledge of. But that’s what it means when everyone is specialized.