A parable from my time in American academia: One day, the Gates Foundation descended on a field related to mine, with enormous bags of money. They wanted to fund /encourage a certain flavour of historical research. The orders had come on high, from Gates himself.
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is this a television mystery show? I don't want to following your clever clues, just say what you mean, sheesh
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there aren’t clever clues. to maintain my anonymity, i can’t discuss my field openly here. most people get this.
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