This quote from Bruce Charlton reminds me how many of my scientific colleagues have problems they'd really like to address, but instead spend their careers working on what they believe is fundable:pic.twitter.com/Nqqds4sTeP
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Yes. The quote comes from a book Charlton wrote. Your comment applies to much of the book, and I wish he'd address it more directly. People are often careerist for very good reasons (to eat, have shelter etc). The tradeoff between careerism and idealism is difficult to manage.
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That said, something I really like about the book is how forthrightly he sets out some of the consequences of careerism.
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One interesting fact is that the younger one is the easier it tends to be to err on the side of idealism. This doesn't seem to be acknowledged that often though - most young people are told the opposite is true.
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Which book specifically?
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most importantly, this doesn't apply at all to modernity (it's actually very probable that is was worse than today in the past).
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