Matt Blaze on Nostr: We don't yet know much about what was going on with Claudio Neves Valente, the Brown ...
We don't yet know much about what was going on with Claudio Neves Valente, the Brown and MIT gunman, and we may well never. But this tragic case reminds me how the pressures of academic life, often starting in grad school, can sometimes push people past a breaking point.
We don't always do a great job of taking care of our colleagues, or of recognizing when they need our help and understanding.
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