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> Kratsios graduated from Princeton University with a bachelor's degree in political science in 2008. After graduating from Princeton, he worked as an analyst a
by A_D_E_P_T 2mo ago
> Kratsios graduated from Princeton University with a bachelor's degree in political science in 2008. After graduating from Princeton, he worked as an analyst at Barclays. . .
Okay, in all seriousness, what would a person with this background know about the natural sciences? He's had no professional or academic exposure to them. It's a bit weird that a complete non-scientist can loftily decree, with a perfectly straight face, precisely how science ought to be "overhauled". (By funneling money to AI companies and "competing with China," no less.)
- zmgsabst 2mo agoMBAs declaring how fields they know nothing about should operate is our general model of business since the 1980s or so. I don’t think it has worked well, but this is continuing the trend rather than a deviation.
- gr_norm 2mo agoThere's a definite feeling that things are coming to a head on this one; it feels unsustainable in a way it hasn't before. People tire of the society-wide rot brought on by boundless greed whose benefits ordinary people will never reap, and whose consequences they will bear alone.
- throw0101a 2mo ago> MBAs declaring how fields they know nothing about should operate is our general model of business since the 1980s or so. Not wrong, but even scientists can get out of their depth at times: * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobel_disease https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobel_disease * ~2 weeks ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49166918 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49166918
- Arainach 2mo agoIn the Trump administration, any traditional qualifications for a job are disqualifiers. All that matters is willing to do what you're told and never question anything, publically or in private. What does RFK Jr. know about medicine? Why do we have news anchors in cabinet positions? Same answer.