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Academia and Corporations. Academics are dealt with as we do kids i.e. they are protected and allowed to explore. Corporations exploit what has already been ex
by op03 6y ago
Academia and Corporations.
Academics are dealt with as we do kids i.e. they are protected and allowed to explore. Corporations exploit what has already been explored for reward - without the reward there is nothing protecting them.
- adamnemecek 6y agoAcademia really doesn't let you explore.
- asdff 6y agoDepends on your advisor.
- randomsearch 6y agoYou don’t have an “advisor” for most of an academic career
- bart_spoon 6y agoAcademia isn't being a grad student with an advisor. Academia is being the advisor to a grad student (along with research, publishing, probably teaching, etc).
- tolbish 6y agoAcademia was like that before the turn on the century. I don't know too many people in academia who would agree with you now. Academia is the same cut-throat pursuit for funding as industry, but with fewer options.