This is very good. Follow it to the end!https://meltingasphalt.com/interactive/going-critical/ …
Yeah, startling coincidence. NASA delenda est, of course. Universities I’m still somewhat agnostic about. Probably doomed, but it might be just barely not too late to rescue some aspects of them.
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There was a really interesting piece I saw recently about the scientific value of NSF bio-med grants vs Howard Hughes Institute grants. Gigantic difference. I’m forgetting the details (may be able to locate if you are interested) but bureaucratic overhead at NSF was major factor
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I think universities are so far gone that it's probably not possible to save them as intact institutions. At best you could carve out chunks of a handful of disciplines, but there's more tumor than tissue. (Apply 'Rev is very depressed' filter to this)
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