Scathing piece on Benevolent Dictators For Life (BDFL) by nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kyqpqhykucplphuhelaxutcw4jw3vuu7gcg42czhqmk7jhchs8vdga4fswlqz4x (nprofile…qz4x) and how they go off the rails. I can't but think about academia. Getting tenure, defacto, is gunning for being a BDFL.
If a PI finds themself "... beset by people demanding that you confront your privilege, perhaps what's changed isn't those people, but rather the amount of privilege you have."
You can easily find yourself on the wrong side of history.
https://pluralistic.net/2024/12/10/bdfl/
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