At the time, my roommate and I used to have these conversations on how the prevailing focus in many research labs was more towards simply publishing papers -- w

At the time, my roommate and I used to have these conversations on how the prevailing focus in many research labs was more towards simply publishing papers -- which does not necessarily translate to breakthrough, innovate, fundamental research that often takes patience and a long hard look at problems. The pursuit of publications we felt like it was a factory is a sure way of mediocre/average research that gets lost in an increasing pile of papers. I remember reading this article then, many times.