Ahem. Yeah. Well, what's funny is that Samuelson is talking about the "sins" of early admissions, which, he admits, are small potatoes compared to other social problems. What he doesn't seem to realize is that early admissions is probably one of the least egregious ways in which large universities are antisocial. How about the fact that they've become degree-factories whose only purpose is to move students through as quickly as possible, education be damned? This is evident in growing class sizes, increasing use of contract labor for teaching (and the related erosion of tenure), and that most large universities (public and private) depend on corporate donors for a huge amount of their budgets. Guess who decides what research gets done, what classes are offered, and what is most important for students to "know"at today's universities? Follow the money.  4:14:46 PM      comment

I'm looking forward to this. It'll be an easy way to make pages a bit more dynamic. Now, if the tool could also make the name of the band or song a hot link to an info site about the group, or a discography (via rollingstone or cddb or something?), that would be really cool and interactive.  3:22:33 PM      comment

And why? My little bit about why people do this -- ego or exhibitionism or some kind of macho thing (which might be tied up with ego and exhibitionism) -- remains on my mind. I wonder, if I didn't have other things I was supposed to be doing, would I be taking "time out" to blog?  10:19:28 AM      comment

Thanks Mike! (This really is the beauty of Radio -- people sharing like this. I just wish we could get this kind of symbiotic progress on things other than cool technology....)  9:36:12 AM      comment