So there I was, applying a carefully concocted credit calculus to determine the positions of family, friends, and colleagues on my Acknowledgments slide, when my thesis committee decided to diverge from its steady diet of belt - high fastball «requirements» and toss
me something with a little movement on it.
I don't necessarily believe that the current system is beyond reform, there are some positive
movements in this direction, but nothing short of a whole change of perception and thought is necessary; not
something that can be achieved
with just a
little nudge and encouragement.