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The shift to hybrid work brought promises of freedom, autonomy, and flexibility. On paper, it looked like the future of work had finally arrived. But in practice, it blurred the boundaries between work and personal life so completely that many people no longer know where one ends and the...

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Readers Club · Rebuilding Digital Boundaries in the Age of Hybrid WorkBy MrsNo1Special

As we watch a lot of funding for #research being cut, affecting vital projects and driving many talents away, I can't help seeing #academic #conferences as inappropriately decadent. Random example: this conference has an entire subpage about #sustainability: confer.co.nz/isc2026/ Does it mean #hybrid, you might ask? No. You fly to New Zealand, and pay an extra 400 - 6500 NZD if you want to attend a field trip: nearly a year's worth of a PhD student bursary in Poland. Who has this money in #sedimentology? Mostly researchers in the #fossilfuels industry.
Am I interested in the scientific content of the conference? Yes.
Am I ashamed by how sustainably and inclusively it is delivered? Also yes. I wish we scientists weren't so tone deaf sometimes.
#NicheRant #AskingForIt