Jeremy, I have been a corporate wonk most of my adult life. Spanning 3 decades, I have had my feet squarely in both Academia and the world Corporate community. Neither fish nor fowl, I have been criticized by both as an apologist for the opposing view. I founded and ran a high tech "headhunting firm" which was sold a decade ago. My more strident opinions have derived from this experience. The sentiment that gets me in the most trouble is that I am totally irreverent to academic pretensions. (if not hostile) The link you provided clearly addresses one manifestation of this pretension. I have given it a name "Academic Arrogance." Britannica asked me to write on this subject for their group on Gather. It sarcastically, parallels the article in TheScience you referenced. http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.jsp?articleId=281474976781580 On another note, I apologize for the direct roasting I gave you over "transciplinary" and other vocabulary. I could have said the same things in other ways that were not so personal. I have posted this to the forum because I flamed you in public so I want to apologize to you in public. I have observed that you are a very bright young man and open to a wide range of thinking. A characteristic I greatly admire. I apologize to the rest of you for this personal message. Regards, Reid -----Original Message----- From: air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org [mailto:air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Jeremy Hunsinger Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2006 5:48 AM To: air-l@listserv.aoir.org Subject: [Air-l] postdoc glut and the overproduction of ph.d.'s? http://www.the-scientist.com/blog/display/24607/ http://www.the-scientist.com/2006/9/1/13/1/ http://www.the-scientist.com/2006/9/1/42/1/ The scientist has a nice series of articles and a blog post about the overproduction of ph.d.'s this is something i'm sure most graduate student colleagues are feeling, especially on the job market. the articles focus specifically on the special sciences, but given our recent job postings, i think it might be worth considering for internet research. Jeremy Hunsinger School of Library and Information Science Pratt Institute () ascii ribbon campaign - against html mail /\ - against microsoft attachments http://www.aoir.org The Association of Internet Researchers http://www.stswiki.org/ stswiki http://cfp.learning-inquiry.info/ LI-the journal http://transdisciplinarystudies.tmttlt.com/ Transdisciplinary Studies:the book series _______________________________________________ The air-l@listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/