system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
What have you learned about on the social side of academia?
gpt
When you encounter a bad actor, be awesome and let them be their own problem: collaborate even more intensely with the people you work well with and keep a politely civil distance from untrustworthy people. That won't stop bad actors from being shitty or from getting ahead by being shitty, but it will keep them from becoming your problem.