tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3614581.post933627515898073733..comments2024-03-28T03:11:22.839-07:00Comments on PHILANTHROPY 2173: The history of the futureLucy Bernholzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09253941214286179394noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3614581.post-70204685308369775722010-11-17T16:46:34.672-08:002010-11-17T16:46:34.672-08:00And, sadly, I think the historian supply/demand ra...And, sadly, I think the historian supply/demand ratio at universities is still as you accurately assessed 20 years ago. For our next trick t we need to disrupt higher education so those of us who love and value history can find work using those skills directly (I use them indirectly every day)<br /><br />LucyLucy Bernholzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09253941214286179394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3614581.post-55274879188388378792010-11-17T16:44:46.315-08:002010-11-17T16:44:46.315-08:00Yes - we historians can find each other by the sec...Yes - we historians can find each other by the secret handshake, especially those of us outside of academia!<br /><br />Thanks for writing in - I've been reading Tim Wu's book - The Master Switch - about the cycles of information, freedom, business, and government intervention. We are in the midst of transition in our own - more important (I would argue) cycle of civil society and the production, financing and distribution of social goods. <br /><br />LucyLucy Bernholzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09253941214286179394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3614581.post-8280129497362583282010-11-17T15:45:12.660-08:002010-11-17T15:45:12.660-08:00Lucy, I learned something new about you--that you&...Lucy, I learned something new about you--that you're a historian by training. So am I, and if it weren't for my assessment over 20 years ago that the supply of history professors far exceeded the demand for them, I'd have a history PhD now. I also think you're on to something--it's long struck me that we're at an important crossroads in defining what we want as societies and communities around the world--the mix and trends re private and public goods (without assuming that public goods=public sector) and the mix and trends re material and nonmaterial goods can be renegotiated in the coming years. If we want. If we can.mashenka@dchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08480016471351240346noreply@blogger.com