One of the great blessings in my life has been exiting from academia at a young enough age where I was freed from believing that only publishing a number of books with prestigious presses would demonstrate that I had been an adequate human being. Unfortunately, that's how the culture of many of your higher-toned universities leads them to believe: only books really count.
In fact, even in the case of academics, they don't actually post a publication list on your gravestone. It ultimately just doesn't matter. But professors are so very deeply programmed to believe that only in publication does true glory reside.
Given the traditional three-paragraph format of this blog, I am tempted to keep repeating the same basic point in a variety of ways until I have reached my statutory minimum of text. Instead, let me just thank you, fair reader, for taking the time to visit with me again in 2025. I'll be back next year with both more and better.
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