University culture—with the partial exception of STEM—has become so dysfunctional that most worthwhile thinking has to be done outside it.
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Replying to @Meaningness
Thinking is expensive. It takes many person-years to generate any worthwhile new idea. How can we find new ways to fund original thought?
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We need new kinds of institutions for thinking; new ways of collaborating, new funding mechanisms, new social structures.
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@Meaningness this was the original impetus for universities, then later, think tanks. Trick is balancing incentives to prevent corruption!1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@davidmanheim Yes to all of those points! Universities seem to be past the point of no return, though. And they suck up most of the funding.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@Meaningness any organization is capable of applying for the same grant or foundation money; if you demonstrate superior ROI, it could work.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@davidmanheim True; but I think that@willbuckingham ’s point (which I agree with) is that the criteria and processes are dysfunctional.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@Meaningness@davidmanheim Not *wholly* dysfunctional. But I'm interested by the possibilities of thought/action such contexts exclude.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@willbuckingham@davidmanheim Yes… as an ex-academic independent intellectual, I have freedoms to speak and think academics don’t. However,1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@willbuckingham@davidmanheim > it’s difficult to know who I think and speak *for*, consideration of which is a large overhead; >1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@willbuckingham @davidmanheim > it’s not clear who my peer group is (who can help evaluate what I say).
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@willbuckingham@davidmanheim And my ability to self-fund is not guaranteed; and some of the people I would most want as peers have none.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@willbuckingham@davidmanheim And since I’m not interested in academic publishing, and there are no conferences/workships in my “field,” >1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes - 4 more replies
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