HPE is a fast-growing field. That may not necessarily be a great thing. Just as more data does not mean more information, more research does not mean more knowledge. Ultimately, the success of a field depends not on the number of uniquely interesting publications with representative keywords but on whether the array of results it produces can be aggregated to arrive at more general knowledge about the world.
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HPE is a fast-growing field. That may not necessarily be a great thing. Just as more data does not mean more information, more research does not mean more knowledge. Ultimately, the success of a field depends not on the number of uniquely interesting publications with representative keywords but on whether the array of results it produces can be aggregated to arrive at more general knowledge about the world.