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byrnema comments on Academia as a career option, its social value, and alternatives - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: byrnema 10 March 2014 09:31:21PM 4 points [-]

Depending on opportunities in your field, academia may provide favorable amounts of freedom, job security and impact. However, for the quintessential academic, academia is not a calculated optimization but a personality type:

It’s awesome to be supported while you learn and think, if that’s what you wanted to do anyway.


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