Warren Smith

It was just the way it was.

I never thought to question it.

And then once you do start to question it, it's the response that causes you to really see it because you're not allowed to question it.

It's the response that's the tell.

But it had to have been, I mean, years leading up to 2016.

Some would argue that it was like the 60s was the turning point that led into this.

And there's something to be said for that because it was that like my parents' generation.

They were coming of age in the 60s and what was happening in the 60s with the Vietnam War and this radical view, this radical change in perspective.

That did lead to postmodernism came out of France and the intellectual movement.

But those are the people when I talk to them that are most in lockstep with this worldview.

It's that generation that were high school in the 60s.

Interesting.

Yeah.

Yeah.

And so there's something there that because then they're the ones running the administrations at the colleges.

They're starting to phase out, but they were in control for a very long time.

And that's when things have gotten really bad.

Who wouldn't want to never be able to get fired?

And I understand the sentiment behind tenure, meaning you can't get rid of professors.

It's meant for them to be able to push the boundaries of their disciplines because that's where innovation is supposed to occur.