I learned way more and made more friends in the workforce.
EDUCATION
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Why College May Become Obsolete in the AI Era
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I wish I'd skipped college. Such a waste of time.
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Work-Life Balance and Productivity in Academic Research
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Work life balance is a top priority. Yes, there was nearly a decade in my life when I worked 98 hours, but I did it out of need and aspiration, not because anyone forced me. During my Cambridge PhD I published more than anyone around me, but I never worked a single weekend. I
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Writing and Thinking: How Expression Shapes Cognition
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i half agree, but what they write / how they think are so closely linked – i don't know what I think until i write half the time!
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Foundational Skills: Lifetime Investment in Learning
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OTOH it's foundational skills you learn just once, and can then re-use for the rest of your life. I put in the time to learn them 30 years ago, and it's still paying off every day today. 🙂
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Think Python book resource for learning programming
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Fast.ai Course Platform Built Entirely on Jupyter Notebooks
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Universities DEI Requirements and Federal Funding Policy Debate
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Why are any universities with mandatory DEI statements for faculty applicants still receiving federal funding?
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Optimizing the PhD Thought Cycle for Intellectual Breakthroughs
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the main 'thought cycle' practiced during a PhD: – identify region of problem space that lacks coherence
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AI Outsourcing Threatens Deep Reasoning Skills Generation
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Remembering facts is largely redundant and a large part of it can be done away with. However outsourcing reasoning to ChatGPT is the real danger. I worry too that the new generation is not indulging in deep reasoning and problem solving.