I love this---it makes me think of what happens when someone who is core to a group or collaboration leaves, and it feels like all of their structure goes with them. The structure of any particular collaboration is so hard to maintain, and it feels like things fall apart all the time.
But the structure of demanding (academic) jobs leaves little space for structureless play and support. What if there was more space to not stick to a schedule, to visit and eat and recognize that that's the highest ambition one can have?
