>You're on to something there, Gary. It's been said that America is
>a rich country not because it has a lot of MBAs but that America has
>a lot of MBAs because it is a rich country. There is great symmetry
>between the delusions of the business world and the delusions of the
>academic left. The former engages in furious make-work pretending
>to create economic value -- as in the dot.com mania -- while the
>latter engages in furious make-work pretending to create
>"transgressive" insights. Both camps harbor a smug certitude that
>they possess secret knowledge that elevates them from the common run
>of humanity.
Who are these academic leftists smug in the certainty that they possess secret knowledge? I'd like to meet a few of them, talk things over.
Doug