This article was first published on OpEdNews.com A bit of ancient wisdom has it that the road to hell is paved by good intentions. So is the road to fascism, the closest modern variety of hell on earth.
A surefire way to identify unserious people is the attention they give to institutional credentials when they are not directly relevant. Even then, I’ve come to suspect them when it is relatively relevant. They better serve divisions of people into classes rather than to display one’s expertise on a subject. Just ask anyone with a boss with a PhD.
A surefire way to identify unserious people is the attention they give to institutional credentials when they are not directly relevant. Even then, I’ve come to suspect them when it is relatively relevant. They better serve divisions of people into classes rather than to display one’s expertise on a subject. Just ask anyone with a boss with a PhD.