While the article has pretty clearly outlined what the problem is, it's not obvious to me what the proposal is for how to fix it, other than "staffing labs wit

While the article has pretty clearly outlined what the problem is, it's not obvious to me what the proposal is for how to fix it, other than "staffing labs with permanent career employees". As a PhD student myself, one of the attractions was the broad ability to set my own intellectual and scientific course. I think a majority of my colleagues feel that way too. While I think more places like Bell Labs or Janelia Farms are probably a good thing, I think the industrial culture has, by and large, shifted away from that being really feasible, and I'm not sure anyone knows how to shift it back.