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That's fine. But any argument against Google as a private property applies equally to Harvard (and the entire Ivy League), Stanford, MIT, etc. State universiti
by replicatorblog 9y ago
That's fine. But any argument against Google as a private property applies equally to Harvard (and the entire Ivy League), Stanford, MIT, etc.
State universities are great, but they're not where the lion's share of Nobel-caliber research is done. In the US, Private schools lead 10:1 in the Nobel race: (https://www.bestmastersprograms.org/50-universities-with-the-most-nobel-prize-winners/ https://www.bestmastersprograms.org/50-universities-with-the...).
- Cyph0n 9y agoThere is still a difference between Google and Stanford: one is not a for-profit institution, and therefore has access to public research funding such as from the NSF.
- eli_gottlieb 9y ago>That's fine. But any argument against Google as a private property applies equally to Harvard (and the entire Ivy League), Stanford, MIT, etc. Exactly! That's why we need to nationalize the Ivy League.