The Harvard brand provokes a lot of resentment, and writers of articles like this one tap into that resentment by going on about these luxuries. And maybe that

The Harvard brand provokes a lot of resentment, and writers of articles like this one tap into that resentment by going on about these luxuries. And maybe that's how it is for undergraduate athletes, or business school students, but let me assure you: it is not so luxurious for this particular neuroscience graduate student. But I can't complain -- I still find it remarkable that I get paid -- albeit a barely livable stipend, but still, paid -- to do science. I am grateful to be a well-educated American during the most prosperous era in human history, and I will do my utmost not to waste the opportunity: I will do as much science as I can, while the good times last. Maybe my whole lifetime, maybe just another five years, who knows? But this is the time when it can get done.