And, of course, there is so much value in research beyond military or even "useful" reasons. Learning and understanding for its own sake is very much worthwhile. But man if this doesn't feel like a Cassandra moment...

Also shout out for the author's cogent explanation of why area studies (which are currently so maligned as "useless") gave the Allies many advantages to help resistance networks as well as track down war crimes and stolen art. Meanwhile, Nazi superiority dismissed these areas as useless...

I have no solutions at the moment, mostly because the term just started, my kids just went back to school, and I’m so so tired after spending two days walking people through basic computer skills like opening a browser or using online ebook interfaces.

So far, I much prefer AI in idea generation, helping them develop a schedule/to do list for papers, etc than in anything approaching actual writing/composition or formulating an argument. And most of my students are too scared/distrustful to actually use it for drafting.