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Academia Is Full of Strategic Behavior—But You Can Still Win Without Playing Their Game
I just get so sick of the strategic behavior that happens in science. Everybody’s smart—maybe too smart. They try to outthink the system, outthink each other. It becomes this game of “how do I win?” instead of “how do I learn?”
That’s not how I grew up. That’s not how I was taught to live.
The truth is, nothing we build in research—or life—is perfect the first time. But there’s this illusion that you can create something flawless from the beginning. That’s why startups fail. That’s why academics flame out. People give up because their plan didn’t work.
The reality? You just have to keep…
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