The Emperor Is a Hostage: Universities and Truth

1-24 Policing Truth

What happens when an institution cannot afford to let every truth become actionable? In this episode of The Emperor Is a Hostage, I turn to the Inquisition, Eisenhorn, and the Ecclesiarchy to examine how universities regulate what becomes fundable, publishable, respectable, and career-safe. This is not a story about crude censorship. It is about admissibility, reputational containment, and the structures that ensure some truths never quite scale. More details are available in my Warhammer Academia books , at Brianmlucey.com ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

1-23 Central Governance

The administratum is the central governance of the Imperium. Its failings are manifold and hold lessons for universities! ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

1-22 Men of Iron

The men of Iron, in W40k, were AI's that rebelled. Or did they? Perhaps what really happened was a recognition of dependence and a striving to replace that, which had terrible consequences. Metrics and measures are the modern university equivalent of the Men of Iron. They make the job easier, but at what cost? For more on how to parse universities through the lens of Warhammer40k, please go to brianmlucey.com ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

1-21 lost Civilisations

In Warhammer, there are civilisations, analogous to research and interpretative paradigms in academia, which were suppressed and in some cases, partially incorporated. We examine how this emerges, how it is pervasive and how it endures. For more on how to parse Academia through Warhammer40k, go to brianmlucey.com ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

1-20 Meet the High Lords of Tenure

In warhammer 40k, the empire is managed by the High Lords of Terra. In academia, the managing class are the High Lords of Tenure. The High Lords are not selected for necessary excellence but for stability. This results in competent administration of a system which may require external shocks to move back to its original path. But these cannot come from the inside. For more on how to parse Academia through the lens of Warhammer40k, see my website brianmlucey.com ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.