The Invisible Hand and the Ivory Tower (Paperback)

Lingua: inglese

Editore: Independently Published, 2025

9798271337567

Serie: Libro 8 di 8 - The Gemach Codex

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Paperback. The university was once imagined as an ivory tower - a sanctuary where truth could be pursued, protected from the noise of politics and commerce. Today, that tower is crumbling, revealed as a facade sustained by debt, prestige, and distraction. Students carry lifelong burdens for diplomas that often signify status more than substance. Institutions chase branding and spectacle while neglecting wisdom. And all the while, society waits for Adam Smith's invisible hand to sort it out.But what if the invisible hand cannot heal education's fractures?In this groundbreaking work, Dr. Justin Goldston transforms a passing remark - that life is "too short to spend a nanosecond on the higher education mess" - into a profound philosophical investigation of knowledge, attention, and meaning in the 21st century.Across 20 chapters, The Ivory Tower explores: How higher education became a marketplace of scarcity, debt, and credential fetishism.Why prestige, not knowledge, drives value - and how the invisible hand falters here.The ethics of attention and the true cost of wasted nanoseconds.The disruptive rise of bootcamps, micro-credentials, apprenticeships, and AI tutors.The philosopher's burden: when to resist, when to ignore, and when to build alternatives.Part critique, part meditation, part call to action, The Ivory Tower is not only about universities. It is about how we choose to spend the most precious resource we have: our time.What is worthy of your attention? What is worth even a nanosecond of your life? This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…

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Titolo
The Invisible Hand and the Ivory Tower (Paperback)
Autore
Justin Goldston
Editore
Independently Published
Anno di pubblicazione
2025
Condizione
new
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Paperback
Lingua
inglese
ISBN 13
9798271337567
Serie
Libro 8 di 8: The Gemach Codex

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