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You should look at the work of Richard Hamming. Socializing is very important in staying relavant in a field. Similarly there’s a belief that the social dinners
by milesvp 6y ago
You should look at the work of Richard Hamming. Socializing is very important in staying relavant in a field. Similarly there’s a belief that the social dinners of the academics in cape cod post WWII had an overwhemling effect on that regions academic contributions.
Personally I’d bet on the socializer over the person putting in tons of extra hours in isolation anyday.
- sokoloff 6y agoTrue, though I would count significant socializing within your field or with a distinctly academic bent quite differently from "crushing Bud Light cans around a campfire". Not to say that the latter isn't also a perfectly valid way to spend time, but it's quite different from a social dinner of academics, IMO.