this dysfunction results in a defacto lack of interdisciplinary approaches to problem solving and a general trend towards pressuring students into overspecialization
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STEMlords are never far from the brainworm nexus, with the ostensibly apolitical, but broadly conservative dumpster juice they swim in every day while imagining that doing long division in code for a rich boss is a critical thinking skill.
I've noticed this. When I majored in Comp Sci there were a lot of STEM supremacists constantly saying "Humanities is trash; humanities is usless; humanities is for mouth-breathers" as though science were this entirely neutral institution by virtue of its empirical methodology, completely immune to outside influences such as dark money. As though science were not itself a secular empirical philosophy built on hundreds of years of international cultural developments. As though the international standards of science and math (which symbols we use, which units of measurement we use, etc.) were not themselves products of European colonialism and imperialism. No care for whether your research results in medicine or weapons. All you gotta care about is math and science and technology. The market will take care of the rest. Absolutely brainwashed. People talked down to me for taking electives outside my major, especially anything having to do with social justice, imperialism, marginalized communities, feminism, history, etc.
The humanities would be a massive vanguard of revolutionary thought and activity, were it not for the fact getting a major with very non-obvious prospects and usually low pay keeps poors out. Just trying to understand any topic on a deeper level, especially the topics of how our society works and is generated, inevitably leads to hatred of capitalism, although many don't really understand how they are supposed to target that hatred or that better things are not just possible but actively denied to them daily. I think part of the reason theatre is usually propped up more by institutions than other humanities is because the egotistical or just self-centered approach to acting usually taught can keep revolutionary ideas from actually being produced. The classics are kept in such a funny place. Eurocentric imperialism is the only reason they exist, but eurocentric imperialism can't turn a profit off of them easily.
I've noticed this. When I majored in Comp Sci there were a lot of STEM supremacists constantly saying "Humanities is trash; humanities is usless; humanities is for mouth-breathers" as though science were this entirely neutral institution by virtue of its empirical methodology, completely immune to outside influences such as dark money. As though science were not itself a secular empirical philosophy built on hundreds of years of international cultural developments. As though the international standards of science and math (which symbols we use, which units of measurement we use, etc.) were not themselves products of European colonialism and imperialism. No care for whether your research results in medicine or weapons. All you gotta care about is math and science and technology. The market will take care of the rest. Absolutely brainwashed. People talked down to me for taking electives outside my major, especially anything having to do with social justice, imperialism, marginalized communities, feminism, history, etc.
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The humanities would be a massive vanguard of revolutionary thought and activity, were it not for the fact getting a major with very non-obvious prospects and usually low pay keeps poors out. Just trying to understand any topic on a deeper level, especially the topics of how our society works and is generated, inevitably leads to hatred of capitalism, although many don't really understand how they are supposed to target that hatred or that better things are not just possible but actively denied to them daily. I think part of the reason theatre is usually propped up more by institutions than other humanities is because the egotistical or just self-centered approach to acting usually taught can keep revolutionary ideas from actually being produced. The classics are kept in such a funny place. Eurocentric imperialism is the only reason they exist, but eurocentric imperialism can't turn a profit off of them easily.