> So what is really needed is a startup culture that provides for years of uninterrupted development and focus.
Just a few wild ideas, what do you think about these alternatives:
1. A more socially-responsible business environment, so that startups aren't the only icon to pray to?
2. Different funding schemes for research on high-arcing topics?
3. Reducing the "everyone NEEDS to get a degree" hype?
A lot of the instant gratification behind phenomenons like the startup culture is responsible for much today's bullshit in academia (I've seen a ton of it before I left it). IMHO, the issues run a lot deeper than how academia is (disastrously) managed.
Just a few wild ideas, what do you think about these alternatives:
1. A more socially-responsible business environment, so that startups aren't the only icon to pray to?
2. Different funding schemes for research on high-arcing topics?
3. Reducing the "everyone NEEDS to get a degree" hype?
A lot of the instant gratification behind phenomenons like the startup culture is responsible for much today's bullshit in academia (I've seen a ton of it before I left it). IMHO, the issues run a lot deeper than how academia is (disastrously) managed.