The first time I went to college, I was a geology major; and I still have my Estwing hammer with the pointy end. I slew many a brachiopod fossil with it.
Hmm, comments may derive from a bit of ignorance about geologists. We discover the mineral resources on which society depends (metals and other elements in an iPhone? …62).
“Separate ethnic and women’s studies departments represent power to people who’ve historically been denied it.” Perhaps, Dean, and there are sooo many good jobs out there for people with degrees in those fields. Look at how many of them that Howard Schultz has hired.
Now apply this principal outside academia to local and national politics. Jackson, Sharpton, Duke, Friedan and all the rest who elevate our differences. The solutions take a back seat to maintaining power and status and notoriety.
It’s one of the inviolate laws that govern the Growth of a Bureaucracy.
A person who wishes to Advance has two choices:
A) Wait for someone Above you to Die so you can be promoted to his job.
B) Grow your Own Job until it becomes so large you need to hire additional people to handle the workload and can be “Manager” of your former “Job” turned Department.
BE THIS GUY over 4 years ago
Protesting is how geologists got their own department.
Watcher over 4 years ago
Power corrupts no matter the minority or majority.
tulpoeid_ over 4 years ago
So the Dooniverse has one balanced and likeable person (and of course he’s about to be hanged).
OshkoshJohn over 4 years ago
The first time I went to college, I was a geology major; and I still have my Estwing hammer with the pointy end. I slew many a brachiopod fossil with it.
vaughnrl2003 Premium Member over 4 years ago
If both sides are right then the best compromise is making the decision a option rather than a rule.
willie_mctell over 4 years ago
Total homogenization is the marketers’ dream. One demographic to manipulate.
Call me Ishmael over 4 years ago
“Liberation Geology”? Hmm…
jhedenquist over 4 years ago
Hmm, comments may derive from a bit of ignorance about geologists. We discover the mineral resources on which society depends (metals and other elements in an iPhone? …62).
Guilty Bystander over 4 years ago
“Separate ethnic and women’s studies departments represent power to people who’ve historically been denied it.” Perhaps, Dean, and there are sooo many good jobs out there for people with degrees in those fields. Look at how many of them that Howard Schultz has hired.
Andylit Premium Member over 4 years ago
Now apply this principal outside academia to local and national politics. Jackson, Sharpton, Duke, Friedan and all the rest who elevate our differences. The solutions take a back seat to maintaining power and status and notoriety.
IWlady over 4 years ago
I can’t believe no one said you were full of schist.
bakana over 4 years ago
It’s one of the inviolate laws that govern the Growth of a Bureaucracy.
A person who wishes to Advance has two choices:
A) Wait for someone Above you to Die so you can be promoted to his job.
B) Grow your Own Job until it becomes so large you need to hire additional people to handle the workload and can be “Manager” of your former “Job” turned Department.
Option B is a much Faster road to advancement.