So many academics forget that our goal, as a profession, is *not* to publish papers. It's to change the world.
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Then why is the incentive model built around the former instead of the latter?
Because it's measurable, which is necessary because the academic job market is not a "market" at all. Honestly I have deeply mixed feelings about tenure, which is intended to provide intellectual independence to people who are mostly incapable of it.
