And if it is true about the natural sciences community, how much truer is it not about the social sciences? The old often manages to absorb and conform the young, ageing them before their time as it were. There are generational interests, just as there are class interests, gender interests or community interests. The future is an asset always held in (dis)trust by the old for as long as they like, or live. And if the old generation is not to be trusted, then the young need to repossess the future using their own strength.

Source: The Edge Markets August 04, 2021 03:22 UTC