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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.

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00:25:40

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

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2025/09/16

Can a non‑top‑tier doctorate program get you into a job or career within the academic or research world that is top tier? I used to think that if you did everything right—you were producing more papers, asking profound questions, and had the “nod”—you could eventually land that rare job at Stanford or Princeton. But after years in the profession, I’ve come to realize there are tremendous headwinds, especially around market efficiency, sorting mechanisms, and even bias against geography or resources

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00:07:43

Why “Just Being Normal” Might Be the Most Radical...

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2025/09/13

Everyone says the algorithm is broken.That it penalizes you. That it keeps you invisible.But after 6,000+ YouTube videos, I’ve realized something:The algorithm isn’t the enemy. It’s just a mirror.It reflects what we click on, what we crave, what we can’t look away from.Here’s the problem:If you’re not exceptionally beautiful, funny, shocking, or extreme, the internet ignores you.“Being normal” doesn’t trend.But being normal is what lets you survive.Most people burn out chasing performance.Trying to

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00:11:12

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

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2025/09/11

I was just having this conversation with my son—about how human nature drives so much of what we see online. You go on LinkedIn, and it’s like everyone has to sound like they’ve got their act together. “Founder of this,” “Thought Leader of that.” You meet them in real life, and it’s like… wait a minute. That title doesn’t match the person. Sometimes it’s funny. Sometimes it’s sad. But mostly, it’s just human.I know I sound like a pretentious jerk saying all this, but you’ve probably seen it too. The

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00:06:23

Ignore Their Success Stories. The Truth Is Much...

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2025/09/09

Don’t buy into the highlight reels. The truth behind progress—real, lasting, meaningful progress—is much slower and far more painful than anyone admits. Most people who look successful are just better at hiding their struggle. The ones who are actually making a difference? They often feel like failures. Because they’re pushing. Because they’re going slow. Because they’re honest with themselves about how hard it really is.

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00:07:22

People Laughed. I Built the Platform Anyway.

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2025/09/04

I had no investors. No team. No roadmap. Just one strange, stubborn belief: that I could build something that changed the way research is done. Everyone said it was foolish. Many still do. But I kept showing up. Every day. With nothing but a broken idea and a full heart.This post is about what it actually feels like to create something when the odds are against you. It’s not glamorous. You’ll be ignored, doubted, and dismissed. But you might also build something no one else dared to try. If you’re

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00:06:58

The Internet Trains Us to Avoid the Truth

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2025/09/03

The internet is designed to keep you scrolling.Not thinking. Not learning.Most people check out the second a conversation gets difficult.Not “heated.” Just difficult.Hard conversations — about data, about money, about failure — get ignored, not because they’re wrong, but because they’re inconvenient. They feel uncomfortable.And this is why so many of us never learn the most important lessons. • Learning is not fun. • Real growth feels terrible while you’re doing it. • Engagement online isn’t built

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00:07:26

The Robots Won’t Steal Your Job—They’ll Raise Your...

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2025/09/02

We keep hearing AI will ruin everything—but no one talks about how much of our life already changed without us noticing. From daily showers to spotless homes to chauffeuring kids every night—this is all new. In 30 years, we quietly reinvented “normal.” So what happens when robots don’t just work for us—but become better partners, better parents, even better lovers?

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00:11:18

Why the Most Successful People Avoid What Actually Works

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2025/08/28

Everyone says they want innovation—until you actually try to fail on purpose.But living in the land of failure is the only way anything truly new happens.You won’t get applause.You won’t get permission.You will be told you’re wrong—by people who only repeat what worked last time.But the truth is simple:Those who win in the long run are the ones who keep failing deliberately,quietly,again and again.They’re not chasing prestige.They’re chasing truth.And they know: the path to something real goes

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00:03:38

Pursue Failure

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2025/08/28

Try things that lead to failure. You never know what it will bring.

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00:11:58

Why Retired Engineers Are Starting the Coolest Companies

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2025/08/26

You were an R&D exec, an engineer, a builder of real things. And now? You’re told to watch Wheel of Fortune and sit still. That’s nonsense. You’ve still got curiosity. You’ve still got edge. You’re finally free to mess around, screw up, and chase what made you excited in the first place. Reinvent your toaster. Obsess over headlights. Start that blog about Lego men.No one’s stopping you now. So… why the hell not?

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00:12:51

I Wanted to Be A Groundbreaking Scientist. My Dad...

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2025/08/21

I used to think I needed to build something massive to matter. Publish groundbreaking research. Get recognized. Maybe even win awards. But when I look back, the people who shaped me the most—my mom and dad—never chased any of that.They just did small things. My mom still knits mittens for people in her community. My dad used to give away carrots and potatoes from his garden. No one gave them a medal. No one wrote them into history books. But when they left, the absence was felt.This episode is about

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00:09:19

Education Didn’t Teach Me the Hardest Lesson: How to...

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2025/08/19

I believed education would unlock everything—happiness, clarity, purpose. And in some ways, it did. But the hardest part of life wasn’t solved in any classroom. The real challenge is waking up each day and doing the hard, boring, painful things that don’t feel exciting anymore. Managing your own motivation, your aches, your disillusionment—that’s the work no one teaches you.What’s missing from the story of success isn’t more knowledge. It’s knowing how to get back up when you’re tired, discouraged,

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00:15:18

The Invisible Things That Actually Make You Rich

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2025/08/19

Most of us think money problems are solved with budgets, rules, and discipline. But the truth is, you don’t need a budget—you need a reframing.We live in a world where marketers are paid to make us feel like we don’t have enough. They pull on every psychological trick: comparison, fear of missing out, the idea that the “good life” is always just one more purchase away. And because we can’t measure what really matters—love, compassion, stability, joy—we undervalue it. We chase the quantifiable

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00:25:34

Most Big Ideas Don’t Start with Genius. They Start...

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2025/08/12

Brilliant ideas don’t start brilliant.They start lonely. Ugly. Scary.The first time you share something that matters, it will be misunderstood. It will feel like a punch in the gut.And your instinct will be to shrink. To cry. To quit.But that moment—that heartbreak—is the cost of entry.Every meaningful idea feels dumb before it feels right.I study innovation. I live this life.And I still get that ping of doubt, that wave of embarrassment, every time I propose something weird.Even Roman numerals on

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00:09:25

Why I Talk About the Politics of PhD Research Life

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2025/08/11

I talk about the politics of PhD life because gossip—yes, gossip—has a purpose.We think of gossip as petty, but in research life, it’s often how we make sense of ambiguous, uncomfortable situations no one will say out loud. It’s the quiet way someone whispers, “Here’s what’s really going on.”The reality is that research careers are messy, political, and resource-scarce. Most of us eventually realize there’s no magic bullet. You follow the tips, you mimic the strategies, but what works for others

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00:08:58

Trusting Your Gut: Why Intuition Deserves More...

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2025/08/10

As researchers, we are trained to demand evidence before believing something. We pride ourselves on the phrase, “Show me the data.” And yet, I’m struck by how quickly we discount the human side of knowing—the intuition, tacit knowledge, and “spidey sense” that quietly guides so many of our decisions.In my own life, I’ve learned that those gut feelings often point to something real. You try something, and it just works. You see a pattern and instinctively know what to do next. But too often, those

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00:13:59

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

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2025/08/07

I know I’m weird. I record podcasts while driving. I talk to strangers on the internet. I’ve poured time, money, and reputation into something that might go nowhere. It’s embarrassing. It’s terrifying. And I do it anyway.This episode is for anyone sitting on a dream but too scared to start. I get it. I feel that same fear—every single day. I’m shy. I hate being the center of attention. I worry I’m wasting time I could spend with my kids. But still, I show up.We live in a world filled with

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00:25:15

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

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2025/08/05

If you’re looking for a rational, financial reason to have kids, you won’t find one here. I’ve looked. I teach strategy and economics. I live in a world obsessed with optimization. And by all those measures, having children is just… a cost.But I did it anyway. Twice.This episode is about the truth no one wants to say out loud: there’s no economic model that justifies raising kids. It’s time-consuming, expensive, and pulls you away from work you love. And yet, somehow, it’s also the most meaningful

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00:06:49

You’re Wasting Your PhD by Playing It Safe

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2025/08/02

Everyone tells you to be bold—but when you’re actually in the middle of a PhD, or building something real, all you feel is pressure.Pressure to finish quickly.To not mess up.To not look like a failure.So what do you do?You choose the “safe” project.You chase metrics.You kill the weird idea that kept you up at night.I’ve seen this story unfold a hundred times—students who could’ve done something incredible… but didn’t. Not because they lacked talent, but because they were afraid.Afraid of what their

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00:10:47

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

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2025/07/31

Everyone around me says I’ve made it—tenure, a house, a good life. But inside the system I work in, I’m told—explicitly and implicitly—that I don’t count. That I’m invisible. That I’m failing.Why? Because I didn’t play the game the way I was supposed to. I didn’t chase citations or prestige. I chased joy. Stability. Meaning. Love.This isn’t just my story—it’s a quiet rebellion against a broken definition of success. If you’ve ever felt like you were doing all the right things, but still being told

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