The first blogs I read were mostly written by academics. Back then I was still doing coursework, and I guess they seemed the most relevant to my world. But over the past few years, I've drifted away from academia and in the process left academic blogs behind. But Sunday I decided to revisit a couple I had once read fairly regularly. Here's what a I found: One is heading to lawschool. The other seems to be working as a writer/photographer. And, to boot, the one new academic blog I linked to is also in the process of making a career change.
And so what is one to make of this? Are blogging and scholarship at odds? Does the desire to blog suggest a desire for something other than an academic career? Of course this is just a random sampling (I'm sure there some bloggers are still (happily-ish) working away as professors/scholars), so do I chalk it up as pure coincidence or read it as some sort of SIGN from the universe? Although if it is a sign, what is it supposed to mean?
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