Academia's polite euphemism: jealousy gets framed as 'concern for the field'
prof_kamilov · x · 2026-10-15
A professor's wry observation on academic culture: in academia, people rarely admit to jealousy. Instead, they say they're "concerned about the direction of the field."
The quip nails the euphemistic culture of academic criticism — especially resonant in today's hyper-competitive AI research scene, where rivalry often masquerades as scholarly concern.
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