The Astronomical Data Group Meeting at Flatiron is a remarkable weekly meeting. It is always impressive. Contributions are categorized into categories like words, statistics, visualization, and feelings and so on. But many of the most interesting conversations have come from the feelings category! Today was no exception. Alex Gagliano (UIUC) asked about the ethical responsibilities of letter writers (as in: letters of recommenation) to applicants, and the responsibilities the other way. It led to a great conversation about many things that we all think about but are not written down, taught, or explicitly discussed in our field. What are we doing? The union of the feelings-categorized conversations we have had in group meeting would make an admirable textbook!
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