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I wonder how many bright minds like him are lost to the financial industry.
by yodsanklai 8y ago
I wonder how many bright minds like him are lost to the financial industry.
- jkuria 8y agoA lot. According to Steven Pinker, when many get their first taste of the politics rife in academia, they conclude: I think I prefer to make some money! And thereafter dedicate their big brains to finding ways to shave off a fraction of a second in placing trades for hedge funds!
- peterburkimsher 8y ago+1 It's not the lure of wealth, but the infighting (relational politics) within academia that push people out.