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This is exactly how manipulation is done and the reason for companies to do the funding.
by the_rectifier 5y ago
This is exactly how manipulation is done and the reason for companies to do the funding.
- toxik 5y agoIt’s much less sinister than that. Facebook funds PhDs in some fields because they want experts in that field to a) exist, b) like Facebook.
- droopyEyelids 5y agoEven the way you're phrasing it, sounds like PhDs don't get to a) exist without Facebook's blessing
- toxik 5y agoIt is generally the case that things don't exist without funding, correct. Different countries have different political consensus on how much tax money to pour into funding PhDs for basic research, but /all/ do to some extent as far as I know. I think you should read Sapiens by Harrari, he writes about the interaction between universities, capitalism and democracy. Very illuminating to me.