The article is BS.
"He spent almost all of his time thinking and recording his ideas. He only came to campus on Tuesdays."
The guy wrote 500+ memos on the non-Tuesday working days. That's very far off from a one-day workweek.
"He spent almost all of his time thinking and recording his ideas. He only came to campus on Tuesdays."
The guy wrote 500+ memos on the non-Tuesday working days. That's very far off from a one-day workweek.
When I worked in sales I spent my weekends frequently answering emails and improving my knowledge in ways that specifically related to work.
Now I work more in "engineering".. and when I'm gardening, or mowing, driving, I'm thinking about work projects at least half the time.
Just like comedians. They are always playing scenarios in their head and playtesting jokes.
I suppose by the latter, some people never work a day in their lives, eh? ;)
That came later. He just had a flexible gig that was common for researchers at the time. From what I can tell, none of his behavior would be accepted today:
- participating in a new field without formal credentials
- not writing papers or participating in peer review
- writing books and papers without citing other works
- bouncing between academic and industry roles
Academic research is just a different world, with very different life tradeoffs, even for "big' names.
Yes. Which is why both you and OP are correct.
(Though he’s an academic, so “his work is his life” is not unlikely.)