When will we break from this cycle of opting for shitty solutions and practices?

I recently interviewed and there’s a quiet resignation of “well, this is how it is everywhere”. Why? What’s driving this? Why are the work cultures so bad, prioritizing speed and heroic efforts over systems, long term thinking?

I think it’s grant committees dictating the research agenda all the way down. They’re after all the ones with the money.

Preview of a possible future for all of us

To represent the American empire being vulnerable to drones