New study: "Our results show that Chinese PhD student significant pressures to publish in order to obtain their degree, with papers indexed in the Science Citation Index [#SCI] often a mandatory requirement for students to obtain their degree. Moreover, it is found that first authorship is also mandatory." https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11192-023-04854-8
Taking the form of an extended mission message to earth from an intergalactic exploratory mission, Becky Chambers' #scifi novella, To be Taught if Fortunate (2019), is a quick read. While lacking narrative fireworks its a pleasing matter-of-fact description of space exploration & the ethical dilemmas it will encounter. While ultimately rather melancholy, it is an interesting afternoon's read if you like procedural #speculativefiction @bookstodon
I suppose there is also Ken McLeod, Dorris Lessing or Le Guin.
But this is a hanfull of writers. I've always thought modern #sci-fi is coloured this way partly because early US sci-fi became popular during and after the great depression
But the remorseless backdrop of ultra liberal capitalism can be damaging. Just look what it has done to #Musk.
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