Nice summary. OTOH, underlying problem is that the shape of good scientific work (high risk, long-term orientation) doesn’t fit the shape of individual careers in any currently plausible institutional framework. No full near-term solution is possible. https://twitter.com/jayvanbavel/status/998307085791064064 …
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an observation isn't a mechanism
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In this case, it’s an abductive hypothesis:) One could cite several similar cases, and make it an inductive hypothesis…
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ITYM Bob Taylor?
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Yeah, my memory of the history was somewhat confused! In fact it seems from the wiki that Bob Taylor was still lab head when I was first there, which I don’t remember at all. Was probably irrelevant-seeming to me then.
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Unfortunately they invented something much better than what we got.
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(Because they didn't talk to the rest of us, as best I can tell. Some of the prime suspects have repeated this error more than once.)
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Alan Kay had some good things to say about the PARC modelhttps://www.quora.com/What-made-Xerox-PARC-special-Who-else-today-is-like-them …
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Except for the Chinese, whose leadership can decide what needs to happen and get it done (not to say that they will necessarily jump the right way (for them) on this, and they certainly do not have our best interests at heart)
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