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Yes, but the results of "academia" are an exercise in the net effects of collective intelligence. Many a bee sacrifices its life without making a difference. R
by mjburgess 8y ago
Yes, but the results of "academia" are an exercise in the net effects of collective intelligence. Many a bee sacrifices its life without making a difference.
Rarer in business is one individuals efforts 100% wasted with such regularity.
Academia is a path finding strategy through a forest where most paths are dead-ends.
On a case-by-case, individual basis, it doesn't look so good.
- johncolanduoni 8y agoIn startups, a set of individuals efforts is 100% wasted with extreme regularity. They are also a path finding strategy through a forest where most paths are dead-ends, but you get paid very well until you hit that dead-end and move to the next path.
- ookdatnog 8y ago>Academia is a path finding strategy through a forest where most paths are dead-ends. That's just describing hard problem solving in general, it's not specific to academia at all.