ugh yes (and the 'ultimately' is key). i notice people sacrificing personal integrity to avoid short-term risk *all the time* when (imo) they aren't realizing that- a) their actions are more readable than they think and b) integrity is the infinite game and will always pay outhttps://twitter.com/justGLew/status/1095893011630833664 …
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Replying to @rivatez
Serving your ultimate goals with integrity may require to weigh benefits and risk. Risks my have to be taken. But a scientist in Soviet Russia is no use to science if he/she ends in a Gulag. Speaking up is the right thing to do only if we can expect the right consequences, no?
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Replying to @Plinz
but but.. no-one really is playing games on the scientist/gulag level (or at least that level of risk only applies to very few). people act as if they are on that level to justify their non-risk choices (also see these delusions of grandeur vis a vis problems to justify stoicism)
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Plus, FWIW, a scientist in the gulag's best play might be "become a martyr for science, hallowed for generations to come, whose legend is taught to every schoolchild for centuries". TLDR: integrity still wins at the system level, even if a few individuals die in work camps.
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How many of those that died in the Gulags or simply lost their careers and became construction workers do you remember? You will only hear about those that managed to serve their fields and its community, not those that were driven out.
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