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Yup. Forget college or post-graduate degrees. This is no longer a meritocracy. We are in a grinding and grifting mindset. This is a jokers/jesters economy. Fo
by xyst 2y ago
Yup. Forget college or post-graduate degrees. This is no longer a meritocracy. We are in a grinding and grifting mindset. This is a jokers/jesters economy.
Forget pricey degrees. Just start streaming, become controversial af, gain an audience of young followers, sell them on quasi-legal gambling platforms, rake in that cheddar.
Or become a “political talking head” that doesn’t contribute to the conversation but instead provokes audiences with click baity material.
Or if you are traditionally attractive, start teasing the waters with “Just Chatting” streams and potentially switch up to selling OF subs. Nothing wrong with it, got to make that cheddar. Right?
I’m calling it now. The alignment with neoliberal economic policy is the downfall of not just the United States but the end of capitalism itself.
- seydor 2y agoConversely, if you are doing a PhD, network with other scientists. Organize conferences and workshops, try again and again until you publish in a high impact journal, do minor contributions and insist on adding yourself to other people's papers, post on twitter and linkedin, talk to local newspapers, make yourself known. Apply for grants early , and add them to your CV so you get more grants later. It doesn't matter if your science is trivial or useless, you will have made it, get more grants, get invited to give talks, get to join committees and publish even more of the same. Bonus points if you belong in a protected minority. Academia has been gamified