Goddammit, as an Australian, I saw __ or perish and I just immediately though "Oh, populate or perish! I know this! Surprised it appears on such an Americentric site..."
AllenY: "Publish or Perish" is often tied to advancement in academic circles. At some American universities tenure or full professorships are determined by the number of books, texts or other instructional material the candidate has had published in his/her area of expertise.
Unfortunately it's not only in the USA like this. All over the scientific world you have people desperate to publish a paper, any paper, so they get the next grant or the next 2 year project. :/
THAT'S AWESOME!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lgZcOAgTiQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hE4bIrQP8-8
Formula 1 fans will get it