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Philosophy

Are Universities Full of Useful Idiots?

Post author By G
Post date Oct 26, 2026

We have built institutions that teach people how to think, then reward them for knowing when not to.

Tags Academic Conformity, academic freedom, critical thinking, cybernetics, higher education, institutional culture, institutional inertia, institutional power, intellectual independence, knowledge and power, organisational behaviour, Philosophy of Education, social dynamics, systems theory, universities, Useful Idiots