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It’s still surprising to me that not one decabillionaire has funded a good basic sciences institute. With a few hundred million dollars (paid primarily to salar
by sebmellen 3y ago
It’s still surprising to me that not one decabillionaire has funded a good basic sciences institute. With a few hundred million dollars (paid primarily to salaries) and an extremely rigorous selection process, one could establish a highly prestigious research university and bring the brightest minds together in one place. Just go from there!
If Leland Stanford could do it…
- rsanek 3y agohttps://arcinstitute.org/ https://arcinstitute.org/
- sebmellen 3y agoArc is a cool concept, but these initiatives are ultimately handicapped by their reliance on the infrastructure of "grants". Grants suck. What matters is having smart people together in one place. If you pay smart people enough money, and offer them enough insulation and protection from academic politics, they will come to your institute. Grant-making to people at institutions which are already politically and socially captured does not fix the root issue.
- timeforcomputer 3y agoNot sure if relevant as it is not just one institute but the Simons Foundation (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simons_Foundation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simons_Foundation) seems along this line.