{"id":165851,"date":"2025-12-28T11:01:38","date_gmt":"2025-12-28T19:01:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=165851"},"modified":"2025-12-28T16:45:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T00:45:11","slug":"im-so-trained-how-the-credential-society-burned-down-the-palisades-12-28-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=165851","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;I&#8217;m So Trained&#8217;: How The Credential Society Burned Down the Palisades (12-28-25)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WQAKa0SIL8A?si=Cp6Z5t3HLPWSVePN\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Click to play at 01:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#60\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" 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data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"600\">10:00<\/a> The LAFD Didn\u2019t Put Out A Key Fire Because They Valued Plants More Than People, <a href=\"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=165760\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=165760<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 28:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#1680\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"1680\">28:00<\/a> Claire Khaw joins to help me with my self-loathing <br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 1:04:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#3840\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"3840\">1:04:00<\/a> Michael joins, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Michaelmvlog\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/x.com\/Michaelmvlog<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 1:06:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#3960\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"3960\">1:06:00<\/a> The Lost Generation, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.compactmag.com\/article\/the-lost-generation\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.compactmag.com\/article\/the-lost-generation\/<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 1:07:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#4020\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"4020\">1:07:00<\/a> The Vanishing White Male Writer, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.compactmag.com\/article\/the-vanishing-white-male-writer\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.compactmag.com\/article\/the-vanishing-white-male-writer\/<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 1:08:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#4080\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"4080\">1:08:00<\/a> Are There Anti-Male, Anti-White Spaces? <a href=\"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=165785\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=165785<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 1:19:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#4740\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"4740\">1:19:00<\/a> Conservatism&#8217;s Long Con, <a href=\"https:\/\/thebaffler.com\/salvos\/the-long-con\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/thebaffler.com\/salvos\/the-long-con<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 1:43:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#6180\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"6180\">1:43:00<\/a> The Credential Society: An Historical Sociology of Education and Stratification, <a href=\"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=165627\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=165627<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 1:44:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#6240\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"6240\">1:44:00<\/a> Credentialing Theory: What is Credential Inflation?<br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 1:55:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#6900\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"6900\">1:55:00<\/a> How Might AI Shift The Balance Of Power At Work? <a href=\"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=165775\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=165775<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 1:58:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#7080\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"7080\">1:58:00<\/a> Credential creep, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Gu0DzTAo4uY\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Gu0DzTAo4uY<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 2:10:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#7800\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"7800\">2:10:00<\/a>0 Status Closure and The Lost Generation, <a href=\"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=165638\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=165638<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>01:00 I Make It Hard For People To Get Close To Me, https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=16583102:00 The Bondi Massacre Reveals The Moral &amp; Intellectual Bankruptcy Of Australia\u2019s Jewish Leaders, 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