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Fred I. Lee

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Political Science & Asian/Asian American Studies, UConn, studying Asian American political thought & East Asian science fiction.

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These days, the only Hollywood movies with any ideas are ... A24 horror films. Sign of the times.
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This is closer to the real story; don't bother with fairy tales about culture war, morality, or whatever. The US dominated after World War II; US universities were a part of that dominance. The US is declining in power; US universities are declining.
L.A. Daily News (@ladailynews) profile pictureL.A. Daily News@ladailynewsOct 29
Once globally preeminent, US universities are sliding into decline dailynews.com/2026/10/29/us-…
Once globally preeminent, US universities are sliding into decline

Once globally preeminent, US universities are sliding into decline

Top scholars are leaving. Fewer international students are coming.

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The basic issue here is power. Fancy places = powerful people; less fancy places = less powerful people. You can also see antagonistic dynamics between fancier and less fancy people in the same places.
Nathan Kalman-Lamb (@nkalamb) profile pictureNathan Kalman-Lamb@nkalamb15h
I think this is probably most true at fancier programs that orbit celebrity faculty. At other places, resources and material support are worse, but dynamics are better. Really shitty to face that trade off, especially in light of a (horrific) job market that favors the former.
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Power players in academia are like power players everywhere: constantly playing power games (you don't win games you don't play) and thus making enemies ("personal enemies," of course... it's office politics).
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The entire system is built upon hierarchy ("power over" more than "power with"). Levelling would do wonders for the quality of interpersonal relations in academia. The more levelling, the less power over, the better.
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The Philosophy of Zen Buddhism Byung-Chul HAN
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It's embarrassing to be beaten at your own game. It's humiliating to be beaten by someone who's not even playing it.
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What is the point of this exercise again? You don't see me "subjecting" myself to 1000 of pages of white American literature... I just read what I want
Stakeholder Consultant (@echetus) profile pictureStakeholder Consultant@echetusOct 28
Sentenced to 1000 Pages of Contemporary Diaspora Literature Written by Asian-American Women
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You too could just... not read things you won't enjoy
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Probably the strongest tweet in the thread. However, the explanations for this trend are weak. The real explanation is: departments are playing "butts in seats" games with administrators. Babification happens the less powerful/more precarious the unit is.
T. Greer (@Scholars_Stage) profile pictureT. Greer@Scholars_StageOct 28
Replying to @Scholars_Stage
social science programs often teach a babified version of their core subjects. This is not like prerequisite ladders in language, math, or science , where A leads to B leads to C, but simply a fake and impressionistic version of C.
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I would also deny the humanities are less babified than the social sciences. If the subject matter isn't babified in social science and humanities courses, the enrollments will drop. Enrollment for less-babified STEM drop less, due to (often mistaken) ideas about ROI, etc.
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"Bullshit universities: the future of automated education" link.springer.com/article/10… Via @urbanhobbit
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How do you learn from mistakes? The same way we learn from anyone: by talking to them.
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Nobody really brags about the things that should be bragged about. On self-promotion game.
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Feeling yourself became the substitute for knowing oneself.
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Authentic friendship depends on authentic selfhood, and vice versa.
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I'm pretty sure that's not what the concept of labor exploitation explains
Brian Hioe 丘琦欣 (@brianhioe) profile pictureBrian Hioe 丘琦欣@brianhioeOct 25
It’s funny how western leftists seem amazed at features of Asian societies as public infrastructure that is quickly repaired or public transportation that is always on time without seeming to realize that the secret sauce is worker exploitation
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The unreality is US academia is playing legitimation games that it alone is playing. They worked in "the good old days," the golden era of US supremacy, but they haven't worked in some time. The collapse of liberal democracy makes such games increasingly irrelevant.
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The liberal arts (cultural apparatus) and liberal democracy (political apparatus) supported one another. They are falling together.
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This week’s book of the week is “What Life Should Mean to You” by Alfred Adler. I’ll discuss it on my show Monday, May 13th at 8 pm Pacific Time on Radio Hamrah #bookoftheweek
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