I get super annoyed by criticisms of mainstream academia out of the rationality-sphere, I suppose (mostly because it falls into either stuff that every academic already knows about that’s very hard to fix, or just vastly misinformed stuff). Roko the other day on facebook: “academia produces nothing of value.”
I’m not sure what you mean by this either.
I suppose what I mean by this is that academia functions on a dual currency/kudos system. “Academic kudos” is acquired by playing certain formal games within mainstream academia (publications in fancy journals and so on). So, for example, if Tegmark published Life 3.0, and it reached the best-seller list that would not award him a ton of “academic kudos” (well, at least in my opinion, Hanson might disagree). Instead, that would be called “being good with the media.”
“Academic kudos” is a bit different from “I have heard of you.”
I think having “aligned” human institutions is too much to hope for.
I agree with this entire paragraph. I am a big fan of letting a thousand flowers bloom.
I get super annoyed by criticisms of mainstream academia out of the rationality-sphere, I suppose (mostly because it falls into either stuff that every academic already knows about that’s very hard to fix, or just vastly misinformed stuff). Roko the other day on facebook: “academia produces nothing of value.”
I suppose what I mean by this is that academia functions on a dual currency/kudos system. “Academic kudos” is acquired by playing certain formal games within mainstream academia (publications in fancy journals and so on). So, for example, if Tegmark published Life 3.0, and it reached the best-seller list that would not award him a ton of “academic kudos” (well, at least in my opinion, Hanson might disagree). Instead, that would be called “being good with the media.”
“Academic kudos” is a bit different from “I have heard of you.”
I agree with this entire paragraph. I am a big fan of letting a thousand flowers bloom.