Marek Gluza · @Marekgluza
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We need to build a long term necessary to slash with climate changing .

Some people point out that trains still may have dirty emissions.
Here some reasons how going from to and back by train has been meaningful :

- 4 weeks of 2 and gave me around 25 new contacts and had a lower output per week than interpolating by train between these two destinations which resulted in 25 contacts gained in 2 weeks (, , , , , , , ).

- I was optimising meeting scientists outside of my bubble and find that encounters at thematic conferences tend to be less creative.

- If you fly, you fly in and out. By train you stay longer at a given institute, might travel through a node with a colleague etc. You give yourself a chance to experience more. That is the point of a and is better facilitated by train.

- I recommend to interpolate with up to 6 hour nodes to mitigate delays, departing after the uni visit. This pushed me to find productive stops. I dared to write to intimidatingly strong researchers and it worked.

- I talked to group members I didn't anticipate because I had a rhythm of travel and not just rushing back home. Train stations are centrally located so less hassle getting to the institutes than from airports outside of the city.

- I could double up meetings on the way back that were particularly productive on the way. Neither would happen by plane.

- I had more flexibility than when flying.

- On trains my mind could work, on a plane I waste time.

(1/more): e.g. saying city hopping opens doors😄, 🤙etc. 🫰

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