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It's also a depressing tale for wannabe academics, however. mRNA vaccines are an impressive, groundbreaking development. Dr Kariko (and others) may get a Nobel
by lou1306 6y ago
It's also a depressing tale for wannabe academics, however. mRNA vaccines are an impressive, groundbreaking development. Dr Kariko (and others) may get a Nobel for that. And yet, she was kicked off the tenure track because she failed to secure VC investments, for chrissake.
- throwaway201103 6y agoUniversity research is a business now, like most things in higher-ed.
- whatshisface 6y agoIf it was really a business, they would support ideas like "developing a revolutionary and extremely important technology." It's worse than a business - it's an amorphous political and bureaucratic mess.
- pimlottc 6y agoI mean, there are plenty of actual businesses that also do short-sighted things (and up going out of business).
- bryanrasmussen 6y agothere are also plenty of business that do short-sighted things but continue making money because they have a cash-cow or two which allows them to be idiots everywhere else. I mean this is really the ABCs of modern business.