If you don't have an academic email, and you don't have sufficiently many arXiv papers in a subject area, then you can't submit to that subject area. You need to have someone endorse you before you submit, which is what this allows you to do. More here: https://
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arXiv Endorsement Requirements for Paper Submission
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Necessity versus tradition in technology practices
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Thank you. You're not wrong. Some discussion of that point here. The short is that some of it is necessary due to scarcity, and some of it is tradition (which maybe we could also do away with). https://
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Oded Goldreich on computational complexity and theoretical foundations
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Flawed Award Systems in Academic Research Evaluation
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The above was stated for awards to people, but also holds for awards to papers. But even worse, since these decisions are often rushed under time constraints, and may not be with sufficient expertise (which is why I also don't like "top p% awards" like spotlights/orals). 8/8
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Awards in Academia: Inefficiency and Opportunity Costs
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There's more harms, like the amount of time wasted on nominating and evaluating that could be spent on more valuable things. Oded Goldreich states his oppositions to awards much more eloquently than I can. Screenshot of my favourite passage. https://
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Mental health crisis in competitive academia and research
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One understated factor is mental health. Academics are incredibly competitive. I've seen multiple people torn apart for years after, when they didn't get an award but others (comparable or less qualified) did. Silly? Yes. Real? Also yes. A broader problem in academia. 6/n
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Award Bias and Rich-Get-Richer Dynamics in Selection
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Suppose X and Y are considered for a prestigious award. They're comparable, but for whatever (arbitrary) reason, X gets it. Now if they're compared again, X is clearly "better," but for no good original reason. And then rich get richer. 4/n
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AI Inequity Compounds Career Outcomes Jobs Grants
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You can imagine how this compounds over a career, and the type of inequitable outcomes it leads to. Things that actually tangibly matter, like jobs, grants, etc. 5/n
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Awards Bias: Why Selection Processes Harm Great People
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In other cases, the truth is that there's more really great people than awards. So selections end up being arbitrary, superficial, political, or biased. Yet people only see the outcomes: awarded, or not awarded. This is where the harms creep in. 3/n
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Celebrating arXiv Paper Publications: Key Milestones
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My personal fave is celebratory tweets upon arXiv posting. You have something you've spent a lot of time working on, you're excited about, and it's finally your chance to share it with the world, something to show. Other milestones in the life of a paper are less important to me https://
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