Are You an Independent Researcher?

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Danny, I know that one of the things you've talked a lot about on your podcast is the fact that you're an independent researcher. And I wanted to know what you believe the positives and negatives are for you of being an independent researcher instead of someone researching from an academic institution. Danny: "How I would answer your question is it depends, which I know really sucks for a lot of people" He says he hasn't done any academic writing since he graduated his master's degree almost three years ago now. 'I actually see academic writing as very constraining in the way that you write'

Danny Hatcher is a Youtuber, Blogger, and Author contributing to the conversation around educational science. He hosts a podcast called The Personal Knowledge Management Podcast, where he discusses topics in the field of PKM, like overcoming perfectionism, assessing note quality, extended mind theory, and more. To help him with all his research and creation, he uses Notion for collaborative efforts and Obsidian for personal notetaking.

We talked about how to navigate academic research, the problems with academia, how knowledge is built over time, and the issues in traditional University education. This conversation really made me question the way I teach and learn things. Talking to Danny is profound because he questions you when you say something that conflicts with itself. He made me realize just how much creating a shared definition of certain labels is critical to having a productive conversation. I don't think I will ever come to conversations the same.

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