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I respect those activities, and would classify them under "changing the world," as long as they ultimately impact someone external to the inwards facing academic community. The latter phrase is a must. Work must *eventually* leave academia to be worthwhile.
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Emin Gün Sirer
@el33th4xor
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So many academics forget that our goal, as a profession, is *not* to publish papers. It's to change the world.
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Joe Hellerstein
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Can we disagree on the last sentence? Changing the world is a funny goal when you think about it. And achievable by many other means than academics. How about understanding more deeply, discovering truths, inventing, shifting mindsets, finding beauty...
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Ben Zhao
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Well then most mathematicians and theorists are screwed, unless the timeframe under consideration is decades or centuries.
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Joe Hellerstein
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There’s a Kuhnian thing here about influencing other academics (padadigm shift) that I might maybe agree with. But Id never close the door on academia for its own sake having value.
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