This is orthogonal but came to mind: Hugh Gusterson went to physics professors as part of his weapon lab fieldwork, and asked them
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I think about that a lot, as an academic! And I think that has influenced my work (for better/worse) — more collaboration, less cutthroat.
But I'm only able to do that because my institution seems cool with that. If I was at a more "traditional" place, tenure wd be a problem.
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I have always been grateful to have worked at a weapons lab, altho not as a designer, because I avoided the nonsense of academia.
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Yes! Institutional culture matters so much.
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The "traditional" places might just say that we have lower standards.
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