Academic fame: internationally known, unrecognized at the airport
prof_kamilov · x · 2026-10-12
Professor Ulugbek Kamilov offers a wry observation on academic celebrity: in academia one can become internationally famous without becoming recognizable to anyone at the airport — a contrast to influencer-style fame.
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