It’s interesting to look at the prevalence of courtiers in different technical fields. Nuclear engineering has almost none. Biotech and neuroscience have a fair number. AI has a lot.
-
Show this thread
-
Replying to @benlandautaylor
expand, plz? how are you defining / using "courtier" here ?
1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes -
Replying to @MorlockP
I mean people whose position and income is best explained by their ability to navigate the social layer and receive appointments/funding/borrowed power (https://medium.com/@samo.burja/borrowed-versus-owned-power-a8334fbad1cd …) from others.
1 reply 1 retweet 6 likes
Loading seems to be taking a while.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.