During my masters program, I wondered why, for me, getting through academic reading was akin to choking on cardboard. I desperately wanted to feel smart and I thought that meant being stimulated by consuming dry but rich material that's inherently difficult to connect with. Some years later, my focus has shifted and I unapologetically appreciate sentimentality - it's accessible. Accessibility is connection and we are starving for connection right now.
Ah, thank you! I hear this experience from so many folks, academia really does sort of try its best to weed out people that can’t perform a certain kind of smart that’s short on feelings. Glad you found your way to different kinds of material too.
I think often about the mandate for objectivity and the way it's been extended as an expectation for scientists to curb their humanity, with all kinds of consequences--ethical and otherwise. The more scientists are courageous in showing the world that they actually have feelings, the better off the whole world will be. Getting super excited about this upcoming book.
Well said! Without scientists showing and embracing humanity you are that much more likely to slide into a world of labs sponsored by the DoD or farmed for spinoffs and what not.
I have been not paying as much attention in recent months and return to find you wrote a book! This is an amazing update. Pre-ordered and on the edge of my seat.
During my masters program, I wondered why, for me, getting through academic reading was akin to choking on cardboard. I desperately wanted to feel smart and I thought that meant being stimulated by consuming dry but rich material that's inherently difficult to connect with. Some years later, my focus has shifted and I unapologetically appreciate sentimentality - it's accessible. Accessibility is connection and we are starving for connection right now.
I'm really looking forward to your book!
Ah, thank you! I hear this experience from so many folks, academia really does sort of try its best to weed out people that can’t perform a certain kind of smart that’s short on feelings. Glad you found your way to different kinds of material too.
I think often about the mandate for objectivity and the way it's been extended as an expectation for scientists to curb their humanity, with all kinds of consequences--ethical and otherwise. The more scientists are courageous in showing the world that they actually have feelings, the better off the whole world will be. Getting super excited about this upcoming book.
Well said! Without scientists showing and embracing humanity you are that much more likely to slide into a world of labs sponsored by the DoD or farmed for spinoffs and what not.
Indeed. Biology alone has hosted horrors already. 😢
I have been not paying as much attention in recent months and return to find you wrote a book! This is an amazing update. Pre-ordered and on the edge of my seat.