A research area dies when you have to spend more time figuring out whom you must cite to avoid pointless arguments than thinking about ideas
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Research market supply/demand: People leave due to citation burden, field settles, a history is written, citation burden down, people return
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This dynamic is why fields go through "ages" and "renaissances"... relative balance of citation load (tx costs) and work load creates cycles
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