Homesickness and Innovation Ecosystems
Social sciences of digital systems and research in AI in general are extremely confined to particular research environments. Most particularly western environments or places like the high spheres of the Chinese government.
This means for me that I either have to be the person to bring this back home, or stay here. I'm postponing that question for later, but the thought of having made a career choice that determines the rest of my life's parameters is kind of scary.
It's easy to be far from home when you're sad because it's so easy to link it back to homesickness each time. No questions asked : "I'm sad, I'm far from home. I'm uncomfortable, because I'm out of my comfort zone." But am I really ? At this point, after four years of being far from home, am I really out of that comfort zone ? Wouldn't going back also be the choice of difficulty ?
