i have wandered here by accident and i do not know where i am
Dec 2, 2019 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
There is a huge lurking leviathan of gatekeeping in the form of the systemic and near-universal inability for most fields to reward teachers and encourage learning - when we allow cognitive barriers to grow high we severely limit the breadth of those who can contribute
It’s a completely systemic problem - no ill intention or tribalism - just what happens when a field grows in population much faster than in funding - such that internal competition becomes preferential to cooperation
Nov 6, 2019 • 6 tweets • 3 min read
I hope @niais doesn't mind me using this to branch of a discussion - but how many academics regularly suffer ability disabling overload?
Whether it is in the form of a panic attack, burn out, executive dysfunction or any other disproportionate response to over stimulation* this feels like a common phenomena
*let me know if that doesn't feel like a fair characterisation of your experience
Oct 30, 2019 • 8 tweets • 2 min read
I want to tell a story with this little device - of a common dysfunction - the renter's paradox
This device, tucked away behind an old door, holds it open - on its own just a simple ease of life feature
But there's something of another time here
I live in an old house - rented now but many times owned and passed between owners
Oct 30, 2019 • 19 tweets • 4 min read
#breadcrumbs Woke Disney via @YouTube
I've been thinking about this a lot recently - written half a dozen aborted essays about it, on paper, in conversation, internally
Scared to misstep and lose my grasp on the kernel of the question
