I fall into the same category. One of the reasons I enjoy retirement is I no longer have to interact with academics.
I was just taking potshots at the guys at Stanford
BA (World History)
MLIS (Academic Libraries/Archives)
PhD (Educational Philosophy/Administration)
“I was just taking potshots at the guys at Stanford”
So now it’s clear why you don’t like California!
When I was a professor and university administrator, I had wonderful academics (mainly biologists and engineers) to interact with!
And when I was an MIT undergraduate, I had wonderful humanities profs who taught me how to write!
Our great universities need to study their histories, and learn from them!
I once ran a “Grad and Professionals” ping list on FR, during Trump’s 2015 campaign when the left were calling everyone in MAGA stupid, but it was lost in a computer crash. I often think of resurrecting it. Now we have Musk and many smart billionaires besides Donals as figureheads.
See post 28.