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Two ideas to add to the discussion

This recent New York Times article uses some very different language to describe modern physics. I was most struck by this part:
Each speaker tried to wow the crowd with yet another discovery. “It was like the Texas chili cook-off or the Iowa State Fair apple pie bake-off,” Dr. Schewe said. “What’s your secret ingredient? That’s what it seemed like.”

Also, after beating up on capitalist business concerns earlier, I would like to steal an idea from them: the cross-functional team. Perhaps the answer is an interdisciplinary approach to social or intellectual problems. This intervention might eliminate the hierarchy, as Rebecca wanted.

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