We're no longer attracting top talent: the brain drain killing American science

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Frankly, if the places that dominate at healthcare delivery efficiency also dominate at research, that could be good for the world.

The US having a dogshit healthcare delivery system but so much research means that good vertical integration is not possible.

Conversely a more integrated EU — continent scale welfare state — could do really interesting "integrated OpEx and CapEx" medical research in ways that are simply impossible in the US.

Remember the Danes making Ozempic is making something that is fundamentally far more useful for Americans than Danes (of course the money is good for Danes). Most non-American drug research today probably chases the lucrative American market, but ideally that would change.

We know, the law requires you tell us of this if they’re for marketing purposes.

It's not surprising. smart, educated people are a direct threat to the current administration and in general the US right has had academia in its sights for awhile. Ultimately it's bad for the country but how the US has been trending. Similarly, US education funding and the content of it has been politicized and it's producing a negative feedback loop.

Political goals and what's good for the average person are completely disconnected at this point.

No. Europe is in decline. Asia will.