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Re:Every attempt to manage academia makes it worse by jdmichal on Monday April 03, 2017 @12:36PM (#14024290)
Further reading: The Gervais Principle

https://www.ribbonfarm.com/2009/10/07/the-gervais-principle-...

My friend and I have internally renamed the roles "producers", "regulators", and "harvesters" in an attempt to remove the negative connotations. Feel free to use that in your own discussions also.

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Re:Every attempt to manage academia makes it worse by lgas on Tuesday April 04, 2017 @07:41PM (#14038319)
What do you hope to achieve by removing the negative connotations? Getting people to buy into the negative ideas without realizing they are negative?
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Re:Every attempt to manage academia makes it worse by Qwertious on Sunday April 16, 2017 @12:29AM (#14124323)
The ideas can be negative, yet still exaggeratedly negative due to a negative name.. Renaming to a less aggressive phrasing will make them easier to buy into and does not require attempting to distort reality.
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