Tim Kasser

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Some say that he is ruggedly handsome. Others dispute this fact. Fact it is. Period.

Kasser Syndrome

Kasser Syndrome, named for its archetype Professor Kasser, describes a particular phenomenon sometimes befalling progressive/activist members of the faculty and student body. In their strong desire to accomplish particular policy goals on campus, sufferers decide to work within what is colloquially known as "the system," believing this to be the most effective way to accomplish their ends. In turn, they fall prey to the misconception that if they aid in achieving the administration's other goals they will be rewarded with the resources and attention necessary to accomplish their own ends. This payoff rarely materializes as the sufferer's policy goals are bureaucratized and subtly deprioritized - nonetheless, having irreversibly committed to these machinations, the sufferer readily accedes to this new role, and redoubles his or her commitment to the very system that now exploits his or her allegiance for its own purposes. Persons with advanced Kasser Syndrome can be seen deliberately slowing the progress of others on issues they themselves had once championed, persuading others to, like them, work within the system for a change that may never come.