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Ok, I am happy to admit, that I am somewhat biased (spending 2 years at a smaller institution on the westcoast) - but reading this book clarified an awful lot of modern tech industry behaviour! "Tech to rule the world!"
What a shit show VC culture seems to be!! No, not seed or pre-seed funding, **pre-idea** funding appears to be on vogue nowadays! (And I do not talk about the scientific screw-ups of the former Stanford Pres.)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_to_Rule_the_World
#academicChatter #academics #silentsunday

Ok, I am happy to admit, that I am somewhat biased (spending 2 years at a smaller institution on the westcoast) - but reading this book clarified an awful lot of modern tech industry behaviour! "Tech to rule the world!"
What a shit show VC culture seems to be!! No, not seed or pre-seed funding, **pre-idea** funding appears to be on vogue nowadays! (And I do not talk about the scientific screw-ups of the former Stanford Pres.)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_to_Rule_the_World
#academicChatter #academics #silentsunday

Ok, I am happy to admit, that I am somewhat biased (spending 2 years at a smaller institution on the westcoast) - but reading this book clarified an awful lot of modern tech industry behaviour! "Tech to rule the world!"
What a shit show VC culture seems to be!! No, not seed or pre-seed funding, **pre-idea** funding appears to be on vogue nowadays! (And I do not talk about the scientific screw-ups of the former Stanford Pres.)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_to_Rule_the_World
#academicChatter #academics #silentsunday

Ok, I am happy to admit, that I am somewhat biased (spending 2 years at a smaller institution on the westcoast) - but reading this book clarified an awful lot of modern tech industry behaviour! "Tech to rule the world!"
What a shit show VC culture seems to be!! No, not seed or pre-seed funding, **pre-idea** funding appears to be on vogue nowadays! (And I do not talk about the scientific screw-ups of the former Stanford Pres.)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_to_Rule_the_World
#academicChatter #academics #silentsunday

Ok, I am happy to admit, that I am somewhat biased (spending 2 years at a smaller institution on the westcoast) - but reading this book clarified an awful lot of modern tech industry behaviour! "Tech to rule the world!"
What a shit show VC culture seems to be!! No, not seed or pre-seed funding, **pre-idea** funding appears to be on vogue nowadays! (And I do not talk about the scientific screw-ups of the former Stanford Pres.)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_to_Rule_the_World
#academicChatter #academics #silentsunday

It's only shortly past 8 in the morning, but I need to #vent.
I just overheard a new #tenure track assistant #professor talk about how they got there.
In a nutshell, they haven't left the department since their master studies and stumbled into the tenure process by accident.

I am (kinda) happy for them, but I am also so incredibly fucking jealous!

I have switched not only university but country after every degree/job, so by now I live in country number 5 since starting by studies.
The longest I've been in the same country was during my #PhD plus pandemic and unemployment for over a year.

Especially older #academics don't seem to understand this, because whenever I mention any of this I encounter completely blank stares. Note, I'm in a department where most senior staff is local and celebrating 15-35+ years at the same employer.

I'm in my mid-30, I don't want to move every few years when my temporary contract ends.
I want to be able to plan more than 1-2 years at a time.

I absolutely love doing #research, but I hate so many aspects of #academic culture or what has been normalized over the years for #AcademicLife.
I plan on staying in #academia despite of it.

#Rant over, time to calm down and sip my tea.

#PostDocLife #PhDLife #academicchatter #MyLifeAsAnAcademic #AcademicMastodon #tenuretrack

🔴 **Late Wittgenstein’s money**

_“In particular, I first consider the inflation hypothesis as a derivative of the commodity theory of money and therefore inherently linked to a purely quantitative regime of monetary management. I then argue that, based on the hinge proposition that money is a creature of law, money’s value might instead be grasped and engaged on the basis of its political and qualitative dimensions.”_

Steininger, L.E. (2025) ‘Late Wittgenstein’s money’, Finance and Society, pp. 1–8. doi: https://doi.org/10.1017/fas.2024.27.

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