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The monk tax

• lazerwalker 15y ago
  "In the modern world, if you want to check out from the turbulence of day-to-day life to focus deeply on something, but not in a religious way, and do so surrounded by a few kindred souls, the place to do that is a university." Is it, though? I agree 100% that it should be, but modern academia is so mired in political drama that it's hard to make that argument without doing something about the systemic "publish or perish" mindset and the fear of administrative retribution for publishing overly-controversial research.