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Fix America’s Critical Geek Shortage
- hga 16y agoFollow the money: "Dugan might be most concerned about the disengagement between her agency and American colleges. Between 2001 and 2008, Darpa’s funding to research schools was cut in half. Less funding meant fewer graduate students:" All these supply side proposals ignore the demand side, one aspect of which is illustrated above. Granted, DARPA's priorities are inevitably going to change when we're at war, but still she could admit that her agency is part of the problem.