> The field is so sprawling that I’m not sure a 4 year PhD would actually get me the insights I was hoping for. And that’s skipping the mortifying realization of how hard the field has been hit by the replication crisis3. So instead I built my own model of learning and asked researchers and entrepreneurs in the field if it made sense to them.
Interesting to hear! I've been thinking about quite similar things recently.
Also, if you haven't seen this concept art and presentation by Andy Matuschak, it may be interesting to you!
> The field is so sprawling that I’m not sure a 4 year PhD would actually get me the insights I was hoping for. And that’s skipping the mortifying realization of how hard the field has been hit by the replication crisis3. So instead I built my own model of learning and asked researchers and entrepreneurs in the field if it made sense to them.
Interesting to hear! I've been thinking about quite similar things recently.
Also, if you haven't seen this concept art and presentation by Andy Matuschak, it may be interesting to you!
https://andymatuschak.org/hmwl/
Thanks for the tip!