Eric E Castro

Urban sprawl is bad; intellectual sprawl is good

Yesterday’s remarkable is today’s really good and tomorrow’s mediocre.

— <p><a href=“http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00354Y9ZU?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;camp=213733&amp;amp;creative=393177&amp;amp;creativeASIN=B00354Y9ZU&amp;amp;linkCode=shr&amp;amp;tag=cat0be5-20" title=“Amazon.com”>Seth Godin</a>.</p> <p>This idea has been bouncing around my head for years. It&rsquo;s not only institutionally relevant, but personally so. I recently received notice that I&rsquo;ll be up for tenure again next year (our &ldquo;tenure&rdquo; is really just a renewable multi-year contract), and so the question of yesterday, today, and tomorrow has been on my mind.</p>