The sad fact is that simultaneously the primary benefit and core moral responsibility of being a tenured academic is not the production of “impact” or “influence” out in the world but rather the ability to look at something you know about that’s shite and say “this is shite” and not lose your job.

If only it was that easy for you today

The first rule of Shite club…

Amen.

Not quite the way I would put it, but I agree.

That fact doesn’t sound sad at all