When people get preferential treatment, equal treatment seems like discrimination.
Rules of academia:
- Questions are more important than facts
- Answers are temporary
- Models are provisional
- Failure happens a lot
- Patience is a requirement
- When you’re lucky, hopefully you realize it
- Things don’t unfold linearly
- If there’s free food, get there early
—Stuart Firestein
❝You can keep your Al. I prefer the nuanced balance of the perfection of imperfection, the cut & paste of these lovingly crude compositions that heal me on a cellular level.❞
You will be celebrated for performing your identity in legible, simplistic ways. This ultimately flattens your complexity and lived experience. Resist this.
Remember not all of your life decisions have to be smart. Some can be purely for cinematic value.