Well, they just cut every research university in the country’s money by limiting facilities and administration funding on science grants to 15% (with a few exceptions possible, if approved, presumably by Elon Musk).
Basically, a $1,000,000 grant to a research scientist comes with a corresponding payment to the university to build whatever is needed and run the lab. It’s usually close to 50% because research labs aren’t cheap. And with few exceptions, private companies don’t really fund basic research labs like they used to. (There is, obviously, a lot of private sector R&D but nothing like back in the day when Bell Labs, Xerox PARC, etc. were doing revolutionary work.)
US Brain drain started circa 2006 or 2007, when smart people who had well paying jobs watched their country sell them down the river, to bail out banks.
They saw countries where they could raise their kids, without worrying about becoming a pauper with a single medical incident, or not worry about their kids dying in yet another school schooling. They saw a place they could call home, that didn’t have them on the edge of survival every, single, day.
The racist roots of our country, which were well hidden for a good 30 years was ripped wide open for all to see, and they wanted none of that for themselves, or their (future) families.
The people who are smart enough to be able to get jobs else where are also smart enough to see the writing on the wall of an anti-intellectual admin. The us is only going to get dumber, which is the goal for the gop.
Well, they just cut every research university in the country’s money by limiting facilities and administration funding on science grants to 15% (with a few exceptions possible, if approved, presumably by Elon Musk).
Basically, a $1,000,000 grant to a research scientist comes with a corresponding payment to the university to build whatever is needed and run the lab. It’s usually close to 50% because research labs aren’t cheap. And with few exceptions, private companies don’t really fund basic research labs like they used to. (There is, obviously, a lot of private sector R&D but nothing like back in the day when Bell Labs, Xerox PARC, etc. were doing revolutionary work.)
So basically the Brain Drain towards the US will slow down, maybe China will take over
US Brain drain started circa 2006 or 2007, when smart people who had well paying jobs watched their country sell them down the river, to bail out banks.
They saw countries where they could raise their kids, without worrying about becoming a pauper with a single medical incident, or not worry about their kids dying in yet another school schooling. They saw a place they could call home, that didn’t have them on the edge of survival every, single, day.
The racist roots of our country, which were well hidden for a good 30 years was ripped wide open for all to see, and they wanted none of that for themselves, or their (future) families.
They left.
Slow down? Shit is going to start flowing the opposite way. The brain drain from the US has begun.
They want a stupid populace, they’re going to get one. And it will probably end up killing us all.
The people who are smart enough to be able to get jobs else where are also smart enough to see the writing on the wall of an anti-intellectual admin. The us is only going to get dumber, which is the goal for the gop.