> 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.)

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zmgsabst 15 hours ago | parent | next [-]

MBAs 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 13 hours ago \| parent [-]
		There'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.

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Arainach 14 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

In 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.