[This is a guest post by Rikab Gambhir. This blog post was initially written in a different file format and converted using AI. — T.] First, they came for the artists, and I did not speak out…
The article questions the purpose of academic pursuits in contrast to corporate actions.
The author reflects on why people enter academia.
It criticizes corporate actions like burning rainforests for marketing.
It suggests a contrast between academic inspiration and corporate motives.
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Looking up at the stars in wonderment, or enjoying a complex puzzle game, or being inspired by an encouraging teacher, and dreaming that one day an unfeeling corporate robot[1] will burn a rainforest to compile a list of 700 highly obscure barely-readable facts that *might* be true that nobody can understand as part of a marketing gimmick to raise hype for an IPO[2].
This is probably why most of you reading this got into academia. At least, that’s why I did.
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