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I find this a common sentiment here. As someone who left his country to study abroad, I find it very odd. An individual looks at his or her options, decides th
by mvanga 6y ago
I find this a common sentiment here. As someone who left his country to study abroad, I find it very odd.
An individual looks at his or her options, decides that pursuing education in a foreign country will result in a better future for them and their family.
And somehow restricting their opportunity and their freedom to do so is a good thing? Certainly not for the individual in question.
Personally, I think the way to prevent brain drain is not to impose restrictions on individual liberty but to compete better on the education/career market.
- zorked 6y ago> I think the way to prevent brain drain is not to impose restrictions on individual liberty but to compete better on the education/career market. Countries that are at the source of brain drains would typically like to do that but can't, just like they have problems solving other problems. $arbitrary country does not have the major tech companies to support tech-company level salaries and there is a chicken-and-egg problem there. So an artificial restriction like that would indeed tilt things in their favor, which may help them solve this very problem in the long term. If this anti-immigration trend is held over a sufficiently long time I think rich countries will start realizing what a magnificent deal they had.
- ls612 6y ago>If this anti-immigration trend is held over a sufficiently long time I think rich countries will start realizing what a magnificent deal they had. I suspect as soon as the sentiment changes that people will rush to come here again. The US has for better or worse a fairly unique culture and those who like that will still want to immigrate in 5 or 10 years.