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How to Look Busy in Academia

How to Look Busy Not sure people think you’re working hard enough? Want to seem more important? It’s about time academia took a few lessons from the rest of the world, so follow this simple guide for how to look busy in academia. Inspired by Lifemanship and scientmanship – an idea of Peter Medewar. 1.… Read More »

Get Ahead With a Little “Lifemanship” – or not

Lifemanship, by Stephen Potter, is essentially the art of getting one over on other people. I really can’t workout if it’s a work of genius, or utterly rediculous. Lifemanship is a sequel to ‘Gamesmanship‘, which applied similar methods to winning at sports by underhand tactics. The book gives you a sense of the now rather… Read More »