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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Can we disagree on the last sentence? Changing the world is a funny goal when you think about it. And achievable by many other means than academics. How about understanding more deeply, discovering truths, inventing, shifting mindsets, finding beauty...
Discover the conceptual foundations for society and share them back? The "society" and "share" bits seem to get forgotten by senior researchers that get calcified in their subcommunities, and "conceptual" by junior ones & funding agencies desiring near-term impact..
