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And your post is equally ridiculous as critique.

If you disagree with the assertion post some disputed evidence. If you just want to dismiss it with a virtual eye roll then just ignore it instead.

The essay made me think about the rise of selfie culture and its impact. On a recent trip at every cultural vista I would say 80% of the cameras were pointed at their owners with the landmark posing as a simple adornment of their own face.

Snapchat has made billions on this recognition. That you huff and puff about scholarship "these days" like a grumpy old man is largely irrelevant to the value of the linked article.



>That you huff and puff about scholarship "these days" like a grumpy old man

Are you really going to defend the state of the humanities disciplines? I'd love to read your attempt at a reasoned defense of postmodernist drivel.


The humanities are incredibly diverse fields filled with tens of thousands of very different scholars- dismissing all of their work because you've seen a couple of silly examples purposefully chosen to be inflammatory is anti-intellectual by very definition.




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