Imagine how much better the world would be if there were no tenure.
Imagine how much better the world would be if there was no Yale or Harvard...
“The juvenile sea squirt wanders through the sea searching for a suitable rock or hunk of coral to cling to and make its home for life. For this task it has a rudimentary nervous system. When it finds its spot and takes root, it doesn’t need its brain any more so it eats it. It’s rather like getting tenure.” — Daniel C. Dennett, Consciousness Explained
—from http://freedomkeys.com/intellectuals.htm#4