I enjoy hanging out and chatting about mutual research interests with academics on occasion, but damn my constraints, priorities, methods, and outputs are poles apart from theirs. It’s hard to get excited about the kabuki theater of grants, papers, and panels as an outsider.
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It would be extremely helpful if you were to document these methods. I’m sure there are many wannabe independent researchers in the world who have the interest and the wherewithal.
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But you guys manage it anyway, I’ve seen it
Shining eyes even as you complain and moan about it
🤩 “this sucks”
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At the altar of a certain type of precision, velocity of ideas and style of communication both die. When I read papers from half century ago this seems less prevalent, it's something resulting from scale I feel. Like degree inflation.
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