I strongly agree, though I wouldn't say this is unique to Japan. Academia has … · @noahatwhere · TwKit

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I strongly agree, though I wouldn't say this is unique to Japan. Academia has spent decades romanticizing financial sacrifice as evidence of intellectual purity. But there's something deeply wrong with a system where being passionate about science is somehow supposed to make you less deserving of financial security. And I think the long-term consequences are even worse than people realize. You don't necessarily end up with the most talented or curious researchers. You end up disproportionately retaining people who can afford to remain in academia under those conditions. Meanwhile, talented people with families, financial responsibilities, or ambitions outside academia quietly leave. And I agree that treating commercial interests as intellectually inferior creates another problem: an academic culture increasingly disconnected from the society it's supposed to serve. Of course, not every research project needs immediate commercial value. Fundamental science matters enormously. But researchers shouldn't have to choose between contributing to human knowledge and building a financially secure life. A society that wants scientific progress should make research a sustainable profession, not a test of how much suffering someone is willing to endure.

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