Faculty Are Godzillas
Tenured faculty at university still exist to provide an aspiration to academic labor that they too can receive tenure. They&#x27;re more like jackpot winners. Casinos need to produce some winners, but only because nobody would play otherwise.<p>The casino, however, is more fair. At least in the casino the winners don&#x27;t have to submit their bets for approval to a committee of former winners who don&#x27;t understand that they are a product of chance and had published many books and papers on gambling strategies. Awarding tenure at random might even produce better outcomes.