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Essay
May 22, 2025
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17 min read
And with them, what cultural and ideological imports are we quietly welcoming into how we conduct our research, how we produce knowledge, and how we relate to knowledge itself?
The Digest
May 15, 2025
10 min read
“The attention a scientist’s work gains from the public now plays into its perceived value. Scientists list media exposure counts on résumés, and many PhD theses now include the number of times a candidate’s work has appeared in the popular science press."
May 8, 2025
Will academics, especially early career researchers, be willing to publish in these journals; will universities recognise these outputs?
May 4, 2025
23 min read
With the ever-growing emphasis on communicating knowledge through written publications, we are increasingly experiencing a transactional relationship with knowledge: one that prioritises storage, circulation, and standardisation.
May 1, 2025
11 min read
The Early Intellectuals' Social Network
Apr 24, 2025
Scientific education that trains thinkers to stay in their grooves tends to reproduce narrow, uncritical ways of knowing.
Apr 20, 2025
13 min read
We produce and discard knowledge like the way clothes get produced, consumed, and discarded in fast fashion.
Apr 17, 2025
If we no longer believe in the character of the scientist, then the knowledge they produce loses its public legitimacy.
Apr 10, 2025
9 min read
And a stylish essay for the thinkers who write.
Apr 6, 2025
And trusting that curiosity will lead somewhere meaningful.
Apr 3, 2025
The world as it could be: curious, bold, interconnected. And the obstacles standing in the way.
Mar 30, 2025
The sciences have taken their cue from the art of making and fabricating, but they no...
