Research is very hard and has low financial rewards. If it’s funded by state, it’s poorly paid (think of grad students, postdocs, APs). If it’s funded by corpor

Research is very hard and has low financial rewards. If it’s funded by state, it’s poorly paid (think of grad students, postdocs, APs). If it’s funded by corporate, it’s basically tedious product design and it’s not interesting science or even proper research anymore. In industry, it’s typically done by second class citizens. Long term research is worse. We have the classical problem of creating value vs capturing the value. I believe that’s a major factor. I often meet students and the vast majority want good paying 9-5 jobs and don’t want to bother with research or academic papers.