<p>You know, at first I thought IHateEtc. was a pure ■■■■■, but his (I think?) last few posts pretty much convince me that he is a Chicago student. There’s a lot of thought behind the critique – there is an actual critique, not just a bunch of cheap shots.</p>
<p>Some people are always going to feel that way about academia. It DOES have its circle-jerk aspects. And some people . . . well, I’d love to talk to you again in 5-10 years, when you have spent some time among the doers of the world, and you have seen how much happens on the basis of stupid slogans and knee-jerk emotion. You may (and you may not) have a bit more appreciation for the few corners of the world where people try to think hard about things, even if they aren’t so great at turning their thought into action.</p>