Imagine spending your whole life becoming an academic expert. Then a random guy online tells you that you are wrong about your own field. And he's right. But you can never admit that. Because it would mean admitting that your life was a lie. That is the dilemma of many academics.
REPORT: NC State is auctioning off a roster spot on its men’s basketball team as part of an NIL fundraising initiative.
Current bidding has reportedly exceeded $1.2 million in just over 72 hours.
Biggest difference between Pac-12 and Mountain West TV deals for fans? Every Pac-12 home game is on linear TV while 22 Mountain West home games are behind a paywall on MW+.
Not that it matters but …
In Ball Arena, music for Nuggets games tries too hard to impress players.
In Ball Arena, music for Avs games panders to classic rock crowd.
In T-Mobile Arena, music for Knights games is a kick-butt party.
Respect for the DJ.
.@PalmerLuckey: "Patents are Chinese instruction manuals" and we need to reinvent the US patent system:
"Stop patenting everything."
"The Founding Fathers never predicted a world where you'd have a globalized economy, and the entire patent office could be downloaded every single morning, ripped off, and then used to fight a war against you."
" We need to really fundamentally revisit the patent system."
"I think we need to massively expand the national security patent process. You can obtain a classified patent. You can get a patent on something that you are not allowed to disclose to anyone, but you still maintain the exclusivity on those rights."
" We need to massively expand that program."
Via @HooverInst