Sharing gossip fwiw: U of Tx Austin (wealthy R1) in a non STEM area: goal to reduce tenure track positions ~30% as ppl retire; replace some with “professional” track positions (exp PhDs, rolling contract, pays better than adjunct, big teaching load, no allowance for research / do on yr own time)

worst trend of the last 5 years has been every part of the internet getting more “for you page”-y in the sense that it will show popular posts to Every Person on The Website instead of a small niche. End result is nobody interacting knows basic background of the topic or even bothers to read details

a leader can’t ignore public opinion, but a leader can’t also be subservient to it

The "unaccountable" NIH and NSF just produced, over the last 80 years, the greatest innovation machine the world has ever known.

By the logic today, NIH and NSF are dead in the water too, replaced by presidential direction of grants to whomever he wants — his cronies.

& for the record: I’m not a kneejerk AI hater. I’m a subscriber to ChatGPT & use it frequently. Yes it’s productivity tool but you need to quality check its output, which many people don’t seem to do.

Thx for sharing this. Paper assumes output quality is consistent. Given known issues with AI output quality & need to verify, that assumption seems naive. & yikes: “two scientists managed to produce a research paper in less than an hour with the help of ChatGPT” uh huh high quality work I’m sure

“There is an agitated hive in each person ,and the bees never stop their noise. ; “ - “Ask Baba Yaga” by Taisia Kitaiskaia

But y'know what's priceless? Having a sense of personal style and not being swayed by trends.

Good article. One microcomplaint: Generation Jones (us older Gen Xers) was NOT named after “keeping up with the Jones” (c’mon, really?) but for the 1994 Counting Crows song “Mr Jones” from our young adulthood: “help me believe in anything, cause I wanna be someone who believes…”