"Raise your hand if you or someone you know experienced sexual harassment or misconduct .... next time you are asked this question, you can all raise your hand because you know me ..."
@NicoleCRust "Academic power structures as they currently stand are toxic - as evidenced by the outcomes" - Kay Tye
As relatively junior scientists, some of us have talked about academic toxicity in the past only to be harassed, silenced, ignored, or forced to leave. I'm glad that someone in a position of power acknowledged the toxicity. I hope that the toxic hierarchy collapses sooner than later.
Us choosing a cooperative form of governance at neuromatch.social, instead of a typical top-down hierarchy, is our attempt of trying a different power structure. I hope that we see more of such experiments permeate throughout academia.
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