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If I were independently wealthy, an adjunct professorship would be pretty appealing (in the right institution). Getting frontline access to very smart people wo
by amirmc 12y ago
If I were independently wealthy, an adjunct professorship would be pretty appealing (in the right institution). Getting frontline access to very smart people working on potentially world-changing problems while having very few hard responsibilities/commitments (lectures, committees, etc) seems like a nice way to work. Being independently wealthy is a pre-requisite as the institution offers nothing but access.
- danieltillett 12y agoI agree - it is a pity I was not born to really wealthy parents. There was a paper in Science about 15 years ago that was on how the independently wealthy worked in science that was really interesting (I might see if I can find it online). If we go back to the foundations of science all scientist were just wealthy dilettantes :) Edit. Found it - actually it was from 16 years ago :P http://www.sciencemag.org/content/279/5348/178.summary?sid=7c3cb97a-7522-4cc8-9cb7-ee68c72007c1 http://www.sciencemag.org/content/279/5348/178.summary?sid=7...
- cli 12y agoThank you very much for linking this article.