my take on academic vs non academic writing is that most of us who write for a public audience also went to grad school and know how to do research and personally I would prefer not to be talked down to like some kind of hapless idiot because I didn’t decide to stay there forever
Academics stop having a “noble savage” attitude towards the public challenge: impossible
Serious intellectual production can and does happen outside of the academy. Famously!
Too many takes on the timeline that are like public writers are parasites on the academy. what??? The work many people do is not institutionally supported but that doesn’t mean that it is incapable of producing new knowledge. all this is elitism with extra steps.
@mcmansionhell That serious intellectual work happens within the academy is the actual joke. Hah. I did more thinking and writing while working a rote corporate job.
@mcmansionhell But is it really serious if the PDF doesn't cost $100? Who's to say?