A PhD should be about improving society, not chasing academic kudos

Re:A PhD should be about improving society, not chasing acad... by vkou on Thursday August 09, 2018 @02:49PM (#17727234)

This is great if the problems you want to solve have direct business applications with a turnaround time of tomorrow.

There aren't very many startups funding basic research, though.

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Re:A PhD should be about improving society, not chasing acad... by WalterSear on Thursday August 09, 2018 @03:47PM (#17727808)

I know. That's why I went back to grad school in the first place. Big mistake :)

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