Does it even matter who funds science? It does if science is to remain a public good. Although noble and objective in theory, science is not created in a vacuum. Its birth is largely dependent on curious, hard-working and wealthy people. Now during history these roles became specialized. Whoever had the money didn’t necessarily had…… Continue reading Who should fund science?
Author: Anca Ioviţă
Would flexible working times protect the environment?
Up until 2012 I considered work the noblest virtue of all. I thought work can bring healthy self-esteem, important resources for sustaining life and a solution to the most pressing medical and ethical problems of the world. I got the job of my dreams in a high-stress clinic doing research in my favorite niche. I…… Continue reading Would flexible working times protect the environment?
What makes people keep on living?
People that reach their 90s and further didn’t have an easy life, at least not the ones I’ve met in my medical practice. Nor are they naively optimistic – if you spend some time with them, most of them experience the sour depression of involution. They are aware of their times past, of their lost…… Continue reading What makes people keep on living?
What happens when you search for immortality and find death instead?
Nothing is certain in life, except death and taxes, as Benjamin Franklin let it slip while hoping for the permanency of the American Constitution. While you can get away with taxes if you are rich enough, money will not buy you immortality. Existential anxiety is something that hit each of us at least once in…… Continue reading What happens when you search for immortality and find death instead?