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Dec 18, 2023Liked by Bruce Ivar Gudmundsson

Nicely said. Emerging young scholars often have little appreciation for the wretched hive of bureaucracy and favoritism into which they are trying to enter.

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On a related topic, may I crosspost one of the pieces from your Substack, the one that provides a reading list for calculus and physics?

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Please, be my guest.

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Thank you!

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What a charming way to write this tawdry tale.

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Seriously, your restraint impresses me.

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Thank you! (I was not always so restrained!)

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I'll work on mine.

Or try.

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It gets easier with age!

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Not this guy...

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