OMNIWAR 4: Roundtable

The discussion begins around the 3-minute mark following a technical glitch.
Summary
Universities have increasingly shifted from independent inquiry towards serving corporate, financial and technocratic power. Although education has historically served ruling elites, we contend that contemporary control is more extensive, with funding arrangements, career incentives and institutional priorities shaping what academics research and teach.
We trace this transformation through early twentieth-century social engineering, post-war state-directed research and the military-industrial complex…