I think the professional sciences has, for a long time, been a social game of building ones career but it does feel like it's metastasized into something that's swallowed academia.
From the first article in the series [0]:
> Insiders ... understand that a research paper serves ... in increasing importance ... Currency, An advertisement, Brand marketing ... in contrast to what outsiders .. believe, which is ... to share a novel discovery with the world in a detailed report.
I can believe it's absolutely true. And yikes.
Other than the brutal contempt, TFA looks like pretty good advice.
From the first article in the series [0]:
> Insiders ... understand that a research paper serves ... in increasing importance ... Currency, An advertisement, Brand marketing ... in contrast to what outsiders .. believe, which is ... to share a novel discovery with the world in a detailed report.
I can believe it's absolutely true. And yikes.
Other than the brutal contempt, TFA looks like pretty good advice.
[0] https://maxwellforbes.com/posts/your-paper-is-an-ad/