1/ There is a truly magical shift in perspective that occurs when you're able to move from "oh no, this scholar stole my idea [ten years before I started grad school!" towards "oh wow, look, a fellow traveler!" Broken parts of academia inhibit this transition.
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Fortunately I was young enough that I just got really mad and decided to go into A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT FIELD!! Turned out OK for me but I still think my research ideas would have had huge impact on the world.
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That's the worst feeling though! (Although, I'm glad to be exposed to your subsequently explored ideas now, through twitter.)
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