David Sussillo

Some branches of neuroscience (and science in general) are unlikely to see real progress for a long time. This stagnation stems from an academic echo chamber that very effectively silences dissent. young researchers introducing new ideas are often marginalized or driven out before they can establish themselves. There must be quite a few of these people who left academia this way and are now working in industry. The current institutional framework simply won't fund or validate anyone bold enough to challenge entrenched ideas. It's a conformist paradise gated by tenure. BTW these stagnant areas tend to have dominant senior people who have never been wrong and shall remain "authorities" forever.

Why does everybody want managers to be ICs? Please someone explain this to me from first principles.

I am firmly of the opinion that not every author should read their own audiobook. Audiobook narration is a skill and not everyone is willing or even able to do the work required to get it right. Some people are just writers and that is ok. I have heard writers who read their own work and made it so unappealing. Writing a text is no guarantee that one can read it well for an audience.