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I said it before and I'll say it again: scientific journals have hardly any relevance any more, except for academic careers.

AI is just speeding up this evolution. We urgently need to rethink scientific communication!

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https://garymarcus.substack.com/p/the-exponential-enshittification

Is academia hostile to families?

"As is the case for many parents in academia, parental leave has played a major part in the trajectories of our lives and scientific careers". In contrast to Canada, "the United States has no federally mandated paid parental leave."

Early career academics are often poorly paid and are required to relocate frequently, causing obvious major challenges for young families.

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https://sites.google.com/view/parental-leave-in-academia
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02544-2

Calling #solarpunks and #academics interested in #coding and #utopia - this call for papers crossed my feed and I am very sure that this community would be interested!

https://www.ici-berlin.org/events/coding-utopias/

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