Liiceanu, “dizidenta” si de ce avem nevoie in Romania

Am scris initial despre treaba asta aici. Intre timp Gabriel Liiceanu a raspuns cu mai multe detalii si unele au sens perfect (a propos, insa, vezi si la finalul postului meu, cel care ii ia interviul, il si “conduce”, e o practica josnica in jurnalism, autorul trebuie ca e un bigot, asta in cazul “bun”, care vrea sa-l scoata pe Liiceanu cu orice pret de unde, posibil, sa nu poata fi scos); de exemplu, este ca treaba cu plagiatul e subtire de tot (si parea astfel de la inceput), dar, dupa cum ma asteptam, Liiceanu e foarte vag si evaziv referitor la acuzatia de a fi “dizident postrevolutionar” -si poate chiar mai grav, in context general, de falsificare a istoriei (antedatarea unor documente, chiar personale, scoaterea unor pasaje cel putin ‘compromitatoare’ din texte mai vechi, in loc de asumarea si explicarea lor s.a.m.d.)-
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‘Waking Life’ or ‘Salsa Dancing with My Confusion’

I’ve just found this very nice short clip on YouTube about the ‘making of’ one of my favourite movies of all times (on certain criteria it is in my top 5 and for sure on top 10 all movies I have ever seen- which , by the way, gives me the idea of compiling a list with my top 25 or so, for a future post).
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Academic tenure: to be or not to be?

Excellent post of Steven Levitt on whether giving tenure in the academic environment (in Economics, in particular) makes any sense. Of course- and Levitt should know that, but maybe he doesn’t, since he does not say anything about it- both Richard Posner and Gary Becker extensively talked about this (and about tenure in general, though they did focus on the academic and judicial settings) on their common blog, more than a year ago (they also came back on the topic with answers to comments received on the initial posts, see Posner’s reply to comments and Becker’s reply to comments, respectively).
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