> attention to image and presentation, both of themselves and the work: speaking in inspirational profundities while actually expecting the opposite, obsessing

> attention to image and presentation, both of themselves and the work: speaking in inspirational profundities while actually expecting the opposite, obsessing more with the optics of the lab and work than the work itself, pushing for PR that distracted from actual research, etc. A theory I’ve heard from a few people directly: the groups working in the ugly, ordinary, boring buildings on campus are more likely to be doing the best work. Flashy buildings often don’t have impressive functional architecture, just looks, they attract vanity and image obsessed, and push out people who care the most about substance in academia.