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-- "What an excellent use of the ridiculous amount of wealth." True. But keep in mind that real talent in any given society is limited. One thing that has ma
by ardit33 19y ago
-- "What an excellent use of the ridiculous amount of wealth."
True. But keep in mind that real talent in any given society is limited. One thing that has made USA such a great technological powerhouse, is the ability to attract talent from all the corners of the world.
I just don't see Saudi Arabia being able to atract talent at that rate, unless they evolve from their medieval thinking.
- gms 19y agoMoney talks.
- icky 19y agoThe intangible anti-benefits of living in a dark-ages theocracy are probably worth a lot of negative money, especially to creative-thinker types. Witness, on the other end of the scale, how much people are willing to pay for a crappy loft in SF (or, even more so, Manhattan!).
- gms 19y agoYou're talking about young 20-somethings. But consider older people with children. These Gulf countries are (and have always been, but moreso now) willing to pay a lot of money (tax free) along with a boatload of benefits to experienced westerners who would work with them. It's hard to turn that down when you have children who one day will go to private American universities, etc.