J. W. Traphagan

@jwtraphagan
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#Anthropologist, #Author. Visiting Research Scholar, Arizona State University Interplanetary Initiative. Professor Emeritus, University of Texas at Austin.
Websitewww.jacktraphagan.com
Latest Bookhttps://a.co/d/46vfni7
J. W. TraphaganSep 4, 2023
I highly recommend this important article on higher education and "innovation" by Adrian Lenardic.
https://futureu.education/higher-ed/commentary-by-adrian-lenardic-innovation-at-university-inc/
COMMENTARY by Adrian Lenardic: "Innovation at University, Inc." - Future U

"It is at least creepy to have all the problems humanity may face packaged as opportunities for entrepreneurship."

Future U
J. W. TraphaganAug 17, 2023
https://futureu.education/uncategorized/commentary-public-universities-need-to-stop-creating-spectacular-campuses-and-focus-on-education/
COMMENTARY: Public Universities Need to Stop Creating Spectacular Campuses and Focus on Education - Future U

"The agenda is sales, and I can think of few things more contrary to the purpose and mission of a university." 

Future U
J. W. TraphaganAug 15, 2023
The new semester begins this week. Teaching for the first time in decades as an adjunct rather than as a professor. Different feel. I like it.
J. W. TraphaganAug 15, 2023
Trump wrote in response to his latest indictment that this has never happened in American history and it needs to be stopped! For once, I agree with him. And that's why he keeps getting indicted--we've never had as corrupt a president as him and it needs to stop!
J. W. TraphaganAug 14, 2023

https://futureu.education/higher-ed/commentary-intellectuals-have-an-obligation-to-speak-out/

@GeorgeStyles

COMMENTARY: Intellectuals Have an Obligation to Speak Out - Future U

Intellectuals have an obligation to bring what they learn to a wider audience. They also have an obligation to listen to the general public and learn how everyday people view the world. This morning, I was struck with yet another reminder that the jaws of fascism continue to close upon American society. Police in Marion, Kansas, raided a local newspaper office, seizing computers, cell phones, and even the company’s internet router. The report reads like something coming right out of Putin’s Russia. If you don’t like what the reporters write, then censor them and seize the tools of their trade.

Future U
J. W. TraphaganAug 14, 2023
https://futureu.education/higher-ed/commentary-intellectuals-have-an-obligation-to-speak-out/
COMMENTARY: Intellectuals Have an Obligation to Speak Out - Future U

Intellectuals have an obligation to bring what they learn to a wider audience. They also have an obligation to listen to the general public and learn how everyday people view the world. This morning, I was struck with yet another reminder that the jaws of fascism continue to close upon American society. Police in Marion, Kansas, raided a local newspaper office, seizing computers, cell phones, and even the company’s internet router. The report reads like something coming right out of Putin’s Russia. If you don’t like what the reporters write, then censor them and seize the tools of their trade.

Future U
J. W. TraphaganAug 11, 2023
I like the Tesla S. My wife has one. But we were unprepared for the cost of battery replacement. $15K for a refurbished battery estimate from Tesla. This means that all that crap about how much you save in gas is a lie. You still pay--just later, and more.
J. W. TraphaganJul 31, 2023
Here's my latest for The Daily Beast, with @GeorgeStyles, on why online righteousness is really about the kicks people get watching others suffer.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/why-we-love-taking-part-in-online-pile-ons?ref=wrap
Why We Love Taking Part in Online Pile-Ons

When you’re performing how righteous you are—and how wrong the bad person is—the viciousness is the point.

The Daily Beast
J. W. TraphaganJul 29, 2023
https://futureu.education/uncategorized/solution-to-decline-in-public-confidence-wake-up-the-university-is-a-social-institution-serving-the-public-good/ @GeorgeStyles
Solution to Decline in Public Confidence? "Wake Up! The University is a Social Institution Serving the Public Good" - Future U

"Higher education is reaping what it has been sewing--neoliberal values and policies."

Future U
J. W. TraphaganJul 29, 2023
My latest for FutureU.
https://futureu.education/uncategorized/solution-to-decline-in-public-confidence-wake-up-the-university-is-a-social-institution-serving-the-public-good/
Solution to Decline in Public Confidence? "Wake Up! The University is a Social Institution Serving the Public Good" - Future U

"Higher education is reaping what it has been sewing--neoliberal values and policies."

Future U