Robin Hanson: academia's prestige-chasing diverges from its professed goal of intellectual progress
MarvinTBaumann · x · 2026-09-24
Economist Robin Hanson quipped that this is one of many ways the professed goal of intellectual progress comes apart from the more heartfelt goal of maximizing personal prestige — a jab at research culture where truth-seeking rhetoric masks status-seeking incentives. The tweet gestures at a specific case without spelling it out.
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