Quick note on Jurassic Park and university research

πŸ“š Trying out a re-read of Jurassic Park since we’ve been enjoying the movies and I haven’t read it since at in when the movie was first released.

Crichton’s introduction laments the infiltration of commercial interests into university scientific research, focused on individual greed and failing ethics. It doesn’t mention the interplay of university research funding and patent law that led to a push for commercialization of research and tech transference in the 1980s, the era Crichton is talking about here.

Reading Jurassic Park is difficult as a lapsed academic than it is as a middle schooler.

Finished reading: The Long Game by Rachel Reid πŸ“š

Like literally everyone, I adore Ilya Rozanov. Depression rep here really resonated with me.

When the siren song of goblin mode calls, I aspire to run the opposite direction and end up in goblin king mode: wearing tight pants, covered in glitter, walking around inside MC Escher’s art.

I have aspirations of being a person whose morning routine consists of more than just wake up, take meds, stare into space. That’s definitely all I can manage right now, but maybe one day.

Guy dancing to music in the driver’s seat of your car, I like your vibe. 🎢