Twitter Book Club: Jonathan Kozol (1972) Free Schools - Chapter 12

Research and Exploitation: Living Off the Surplus of the Universities

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"It is not difficult from this to gain the powerful impression that the true purpose of research is not to determin... http://tl.gd/9dlr6hless than a minute ago via Twittelatoranderscj
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I often worry if this is really what my current position is all about:

"It is not difficult from this to gain the powerful impression that the true purpose of research is not to determine the proper steps that must be taken in order to go about a realistic plan of action but rather to keep a number of intelligent people occupied for a reasonable period of time with a plausible sense of honorable intention and, at the same time, to maintain them with a reasonable income." Kozol