this is so good, I may just literally print it out and pin it to the wall https://t.co/rZpQjNBzDc
this is so good, I may just literally print it out and pin it to the wall https://t.co/rZpQjNBzDc
Contemporary academia engages, more or less permanently, in self-critique on any and every front it can imagine. In a tech-centered world, language matters, voice and style matter, the study of eloquence matters, history matters, ethical systems matter. But the situation requires humanists to explain why they matter, not constantly undermine their... See more
Stephen Marche • The Undergraduate Essay Is About to Die
Several structural features make the system hard to reform:
- Illusion of truth and finality: Publication is treated as a stamp of approval. Mistakes are rarely corrected. Retractions are stigmatized.
- Artificial scarcity: Journals want to be first to publish, fueling secrecy and fear of being “scooped.” Also, author credit is distributed through
Seemay Chou • Scientific Publishing: Enough is Enough
Instead, what I think we’re missing is a sense of imagination, creativity, and genuine curiosity. Without these elements, the act of research itself has lost its potency, our findings and interpretations reduced to a shallow performance, where the same ideas are recycled and repackaged in an endless feedback loop.