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R3ciprocity.com - Prof David Maslach: Innovation; Research Life; Striving Towards Happiness

Professor David Maslach talks about graduate school, research, science, Innovation, and entrepreneurship. The R3ciprocity project is my way to give back as much as I possibly can. I seek to provide insights and tools to change how we understand science, and make it more democratic.

The More I Study the World, the Less I Understand It

12 mins; October 02, 2025

PhD Students: The World Won’t Tell You This, But I Will

1 min; October 01, 2025

What Happens When Wealth Becomes Immortal?”

15 mins; September 30, 2025

How I Have Learned to Sit With Scientific Uncertainty

8 mins; September 28, 2025

How to Build Software When You Have No Idea What You’re Doing (Most Days, You Won’t)

11 mins; September 25, 2025

Unconditional Love Belongs in the Workplace

5 mins; September 23, 2025

Why the boring, ordinary investment wins—and entrepreneurship often fails

11 mins; September 23, 2025

What if Science Isn’t About Truth After All?

8 mins; September 21, 2025

The Myth of Motivation: Why Most People Don’t Care About Big Change

4 mins; September 20, 2025

PhD-Level Science Isn’t About Efficiency Hacks — It’s About Kindergarten-Level Guidance

9 mins; September 18, 2025

Can a Non-Top-Tier PhD Still Land a Top-Tier Career?

25 mins; September 16, 2025

Why “Just Being Normal” Might Be the Most Radical Strategy Online

7 mins; September 13, 2025

That LinkedIn Title Isn’t Fooling Anyone. Especially Not Academics

11 mins; September 11, 2025

Ignore Their Success Stories. The Truth Is Much Slower—and More Painful.

6 mins; September 09, 2025

People Laughed. I Built the Platform Anyway.

7 mins; September 04, 2025

The Internet Trains Us to Avoid the Truth

6 mins; September 03, 2025

The Robots Won’t Steal Your Job—They’ll Raise Your Kids (And Be Better at It)

7 mins; September 02, 2025

Why the Most Successful People Avoid What Actually Works

11 mins; August 28, 2025

Pursue Failure

3 mins; August 28, 2025

Why Retired Engineers Are Starting the Coolest Companies

11 mins; August 26, 2025

I Wanted to Be A Groundbreaking Scientist. My Dad Just Gave Away Carrots.

12 mins; August 21, 2025

Education Didn’t Teach Me the Hardest Lesson: How to Keep Going When Life Stops Being Exciting

9 mins; August 19, 2025

The Invisible Things That Actually Make You Rich

15 mins; August 19, 2025

Most Big Ideas Don’t Start with Genius. They Start with Doubt and Silence.

25 mins; August 12, 2025

Why I Talk About the Politics of PhD Research Life

9 mins; August 11, 2025

Trusting Your Gut: Why Intuition Deserves More Respect in Science and Innovation

8 mins; August 10, 2025

I’m Embarrassed. I’m Terrified. But I Do It Anyway.

13 mins; August 07, 2025

Having Kids Makes No Economic Sense—So I Did It Anyway

25 mins; August 05, 2025

You’re Wasting Your PhD by Playing It Safe

6 mins; August 02, 2025

I’m Told I’m a Failure—But I Wouldn’t Change a Thing

10 mins; July 31, 2025

Why I Still Feel Guilty Enjoying Life as a PhD — Even Now

10 mins; July 29, 2025

Smart People Thinking About This Risk For AI

5 mins; July 26, 2025

PhD Research Isn’t About Knowledge. It’s About Survival.

11 mins; July 24, 2025

The Perfect Academic Doesn’t Exist — So Stop Trying to Be One

5 mins; July 22, 2025

9 Years of Work—and the Algorithm Still Doesn’t Know I Exist

5 mins; July 20, 2025

1-Minute Advice That Saved My Career: Persistence and Forgiveness

1 min; July 19, 2025

I’m Not Rich. I’m Not Connected. But I’m Still Building a Research Revolution.

9 mins; July 19, 2025

They Think I’m a Loser. But I’m Quietly Changing the Research World.

8 mins; July 18, 2025

Academic Prestige Is Real—But It’s Not Everything

11 mins; July 17, 2025

The World Isn’t Lacking Talent — It’s Full of Fear

8 mins; July 17, 2025

Is It Normal to Feel Sad After Doing Research? (I Think So)

6 mins; July 16, 2025

Should I Quit Academia? I Ask Myself Every Day

8 mins; July 12, 2025

Things Are Always More Complicated Than You Think

5 mins; July 08, 2025

Why Can’t I See the Contribution Everyone Else Sees?

8 mins; July 06, 2025

What If Your Dream Was Just a Marketing Campaign?

10 mins; July 06, 2025

Why High Achievers Still Feel Unseen — and What to Do About It

12 mins; July 03, 2025

Being Honest Made Me a Pariah in Academia: On Isolation and the Hidden Cost of Academic Life

11 mins; July 02, 2025

Doing a PhD Has Nothing to Do With Better Knowledge

8 mins; July 01, 2025

I’m Terrified I’m Screwing Everything Up — Every Single Day

5 mins; June 29, 2025

Don’t Ban ChatGPT. Teach People to Handle Complexity.

8 mins; June 26, 2025

What If No One Reads What You Built?

11 mins; June 26, 2025

Why You Need Both Arrogance and Humility to Succeed

1 min; June 25, 2025

Academia Doesn’t Leave Room for Being Human

8 mins; June 24, 2025

What If You Picked the Wrong Career—and Can’t Fix It?

11 mins; June 19, 2025

I’m Still Not Over My PhD — 15 Years Later

16 mins; June 17, 2025

The Rise of the Normal Nerd: Why ‘Solid 7s’ Will Win the New Information War

11 mins; June 14, 2025

What If You Peaked in High School?

15 mins; June 12, 2025

I’m Ashamed of How Much I Want Recognition In Academia

6 mins; June 10, 2025

If You Say You ‘Outwork Everyone,’ I Know I Can’t Trust You

9 mins; June 05, 2025

What Business Schools Don’t Teach: Empathy Changes Everything

12 mins; June 03, 2025

You Can Only Climb If They Let You—So Learn to Love the Ground Beneath You

10 mins; May 31, 2025

Nobody Knows How Hard It Really Is — Just Get Going

11 mins; May 29, 2025

Ignore the Noise. Reinvest. Repeat.

19 mins; May 27, 2025

Why Do PhDs Act Like They’re Better Than You?

13 mins; May 22, 2025

Academia Taught Me to Conform—Entrepreneurship Taught Me to Walk Away

10 mins; May 20, 2025

Caring Too Much: Aging, Parents, and Learning to Let Go

12 mins; May 17, 2025

Why So Few Stay in Research Long-Term

7 mins; May 17, 2025

If You Want to Collaborate, Go Deeper First

9 mins; May 15, 2025

You Don’t Have to Be On All the Time

7 mins; May 15, 2025

To the Future Me Who’s Struggling Again…

3 mins; May 13, 2025

You Have to Be Willing to Look Ugly

8 mins; May 08, 2025

If It Promises $10K a Week and a Free Mattress, It’s a Scam

8 mins; May 06, 2025

Experience Means A Part Of Your Hope For The World Disappears

5 mins; May 05, 2025

From ‘Not Good Enough’ to Chair: Jen Heemstra on Redefining Leadership in Science

67 hours 39 mins; May 03, 2025

I Don’t Work With Clever People Anymore

9 mins; May 02, 2025

There’s no white horse coming. No secret strategy. No magical person to save your research career.

9 mins; May 01, 2025

I Went to University to Feel Smart… That Didn’t Happen

7 mins; April 29, 2025

950 Won’t Care, 20 Will Hate You, 1 Might Help

8 mins; April 29, 2025

The Biggest Barrier to Innovation? Feeling Foolish.

8 mins; April 27, 2025

The Hidden Advantage I Had Growing Up: Learning Love First

13 mins; April 27, 2025

You Don’t Save Because You Don’t Respect Your Future Self

10 mins; April 24, 2025

What If Success Is Mostly Just Dumb Butt Luck?

13 mins; April 22, 2025

The Leadership Secrets Inside the Prayer of Saint Francis

9 mins; April 21, 2025

I Stopped Pretending I Knew What I Was Doing

22 mins; April 19, 2025

I Don’t Believe What People Say Anymore… I’m finally free

8 mins; April 17, 2025

Boring Careers Are Often the Smartest Bet

17 mins; April 14, 2025

Doing The Right Actions Does Not Guarantee Right Outcomes

1 min; April 13, 2025

Cheap Talk, Humble Pie, and the Truth About Control

10 mins; April 13, 2025

Can You Become a Professor Without Formal Education?

0 secs; April 08, 2025

To Survive Academia, You Have to Dissociate Every Day a Little Bit

9 mins; April 07, 2025

Don’t Let Fear Steal Your Power: How to Walk Forward When the World Feels Overwhelming

6 mins; April 07, 2025

Caught Between Two Worlds: Working-Class Roots and Academic Life

13 mins; April 05, 2025

You’re NOT Weak for Struggling In Academia

12 mins; April 04, 2025

The Decline of Blogging and the Rise of AI: What It Means for Researchers

9 mins; April 03, 2025

The Painful Truth About Deep Work: Nobody Sees It

7 mins; April 01, 2025

Why Smart People Feel So Alone in Academia—and What To Do About It

9 mins; April 01, 2025

Is a Professional Doctorate Worth It? Be Wary of the Hype

9 mins; March 29, 2025

You Won’t Find Your People Until You’ve Been Alone First

8 mins; March 28, 2025

The Hidden Infrastructure Behind Success: Why Simple is Almost Always Better

9 mins; March 27, 2025

Redefine Success: PhD Without Traditional Career Expectations

12 mins; March 25, 2025

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