Surrogates and tokens obscuring the existential "gold standard" | |
Original by Rudyard Kipling | Possible reframing |
If you can keep your head when all about you If you can dream - and not make dreams your master; If you can make one heap of all your winnings If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue, |
be financially supported make a million avoid backbiting and undermining be awarded and honoured -- Nobel expect to avoid mistakes conventional career advancement depend on peer review acquire ownership expect immediate reaction and impact in conventional terms expect rapid expect fruitful feedback expect interest and attention expect appreciation avoid exposure to sabotage and undermining assume belong to a secret dangerous cult focus on form and substance appreciate creativity rather than procedure expect humour not to be taken seriously expect serious not to be taken humorously and levity expect comprehension rather than incomprehension suspected of hidden motivations and agendas understood by family and friennds but if you want to learn and understand efficacy (Decl Indepen) |
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