Universities Are Not the Birthplaces of Applied Technologies

I’m not sure what triggered this outburst—most likely it was everything I witnessed during my graduation thesis defense. I suddenly felt compelled to voice this. The entire graduation thesis defense was a massive disappointment. First, there was absolutely no logical system or framework to speak of. Second, the defense committee had zero technical competence. And finally, my graduation project was completely butchered. Mourning my graduation project… Let’s talk about my university first. It’s supposed to be a third-tier “Project 211” university, yet it’s incredibly disorganized. Later, I heard from friends at second-tier Project 211 universities that their defense processes were even more chaotic. Thus, I’ve concluded that graduation projects and defenses are purely ceremonial formalities. Look at the professors in universities—they spend all day researching this and that, yet you never see anything practical or tangible come out of it. They should theoretically be categorized as “academic researchers,” but they make me seriously doubt our society’s actual productive forces.

Then again, it makes sense. Take the Celestial Empire’s (天朝) TD-SCDMA, for example. After being delayed countless times, it was finally pushed onto the market under the guise of a “commercial trial.” Is this entirely driven by government intervention? I really don’t get it. It seems productive forces in society aren’t solely driven by market demand. And then look at the whole IPv9 debacle. Something that could have been completely solved by IPv6 had to be overcomplicated by making an “IPv9.” I honestly don’t know if these people are genuinely brain-dead or if they’re just obsessed with fabricating so-called “independent intellectual property rights” to secure government research funding (poor taxpayers like us).

For now, I won’t judge whether they are good or bad. As the old saying goes, “Whatever exists has a reason and value for its existence,” though whether their “value” will end up serving as a negative example in the history books remains to be seen. This is a bit of a chaotic rant, but at the end of the day, it only strengthens my resolve to focus on practical, real-world technology. No superficial showmanship, no empty formalism—just build what I love, and what the market actually needs. Perhaps this is the real reason why I could never bring myself to join the “Great Party”, haha~