@MattWallace888 The tallest tree in Wales was damaged by lightning and instead of cutting it down, a chainsaw artist decided to do this as a symbol of the tree's last attempt to reach the sky.
@DRKoepsell That's a moral argument right? I agree with you and I'm sure many people do. But why doesn't it play out this way? Seems to me that you are levelling the problem at the academic agents. I think it's a system problem. It's a hunger game of prestige.
@sentientist He made a speech encouraging "dragon babies" for Chinese New Year but it will likely have a lacklustre impact given most young Singaporean people cite suitable and affordable housing as the biggest obstacle to starting a family.
@jzdambrosio I think they do have skin in the game but to attract funding they need to make their work high impact. So things get politicised....e.g. I read a paper today on post-human creativity and somehow they find the need to anchor the discussion in enviro-diversity terms.