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Jared Whitehead is a tech writer and an aspiring historian who works with Appnovation Technologies, an open source consulting firm. Jared often blogs about the sociology of technology and how communities organized online are affecting the political and commercial sphere. In his free time, he enjoys reading (and annotating) biographies.
The pressure to have tangible "right" results is beyond ludicrous. Untold numbers of papers are a total waste of time due to the researchers having to bail on the original research and shoehorn a new "relevant" project in its stead in order to keep a corner on the funding market.