This is a wonderfully written note. I came here from the Labor Tech email thread and it helped me comprehend the discussion so much better. Timing matters so much, knowledge in time makes all the difference in the world. It's easy to forget that while trying to make a career in academia. And academia disappoints in so many ways. Here in my corner of the world, students who dare to speak out against state sponsored violence are put behind bars everyday by their own universities. But still it's always nice to stumble across folks who make it easier to understand something complicated. That's what convinces me to stay, despite everything. I'm grateful for your labor and effort to document and explain something as personal and perhaps painful as this. Aside from the obvious horridness around this particular conflict (and the stark parallels with experiences of living under authoritarian regimes elsewhere in the world), reading your note was a much needed reminder for me to continue to think about things critically. Thank you so much for writing this.
This is a wonderfully written note. I came here from the Labor Tech email thread and it helped me comprehend the discussion so much better. Timing matters so much, knowledge in time makes all the difference in the world. It's easy to forget that while trying to make a career in academia. And academia disappoints in so many ways. Here in my corner of the world, students who dare to speak out against state sponsored violence are put behind bars everyday by their own universities. But still it's always nice to stumble across folks who make it easier to understand something complicated. That's what convinces me to stay, despite everything. I'm grateful for your labor and effort to document and explain something as personal and perhaps painful as this. Aside from the obvious horridness around this particular conflict (and the stark parallels with experiences of living under authoritarian regimes elsewhere in the world), reading your note was a much needed reminder for me to continue to think about things critically. Thank you so much for writing this.
Thank you so much for your kind comment. I'm really happy if it's resonating with people from different authoritarian and violent contexts.