I have just downloaded the app Uberstand to my phone — the "revolutionary" app that seamlessly converts academics into a standing reserve of mobile, on-demand, adjunct knowledge providers. The app is designed to meet the real-time needs of institutes of higher learning and their customers, who often find themselves operating with a knowledge deficit, or what the industry terms a "need-to-know."
Now, whether I am walking by the New School or the Sorbonne, I can be hailed by means of a notification on my phone’s home screen if anyone happens to require a lecture on a variety of topics in media theory, film history, social analysis, and the like.
