Checking someone else's work carries a lot of opportunity cost, and is only fruitful if one can learn new methods which apply to the own work. This is pretty risky, especially without tenure!
I realize that, but when you’re out of a job, you may as well chew on something like this.
When you are out of a job that's probably the last thing on someone's mind. Will I be able to pay rent for next month is probably their first thought
Right, so instead of adapting to the biggest revolution in their (and everybody else’s) chosen discipline, their best option is to ignore it?