Preston Werner on Nostr: An ex-philosopher friend remarked to me yesterday that academicsjudging prestige and ...

An ex-philosopher friend remarked to me yesterday that academicsjudging prestige and success by citation metrics incentivizes the same thing in slow-motion as social media algorithms judging success of content creators by engagement metrics, and it has thrown me into an existential crisis.

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