You don't have any choice but to drudge along, but you have a lot of choice in what you do with the rest of your time. Start knocking on doors and you'll find a lot of receptive people for all kinds of things. And you'll find part of the reason they're so receptive is that nobody is ever knocking on their doors....
I'm strongly of the opinion that conventional universities are all but doomed on the 20-year timeframe, and I am of the opinion that it will broadly be a gain, but I do not deny that we will lose some things. This is one of them. But already virtually nobody takes advantage of this, so I can't find it in myself to cry to much about it. (Can't say I did as much as I could have, either.)
You don't have any choice but to drudge along, but you have a lot of choice in what you do with the rest of your time. Start knocking on doors and you'll find a lot of receptive people for all kinds of things. And you'll find part of the reason they're so receptive is that nobody is ever knocking on their doors....
I'm strongly of the opinion that conventional universities are all but doomed on the 20-year timeframe, and I am of the opinion that it will broadly be a gain, but I do not deny that we will lose some things. This is one of them. But already virtually nobody takes advantage of this, so I can't find it in myself to cry to much about it. (Can't say I did as much as I could have, either.)