America is bleeding: billions in capital, talent, and research are leaving the country under Trump’s volatile leadership. From frozen university funds to record-high visa fees, the U.S. is driving away the very people who built its innovation power. Meanwhile, Europe is quietly stepping up — offering scientific asylum, new talent visas, and major funding to attract America’s best minds. But can Europe truly turn America’s pain into its gain, or will bureaucracy hold it back?
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Too late. I already left a faculty position in the US for Europe. I could have waited a few more months and gotten a better deal since I was moving before the EU started making great offers.
Ah, well, at least my kids don’t have to do lockdown training for active shooters anymore and that’s worth so very much.
The EU will get there, slow as its wheels churn. But when you plan on continental scales, things rarely move fast.
The all-caps “winning” in the title is off-putting. Reminds me of maga-speech. A more civilised tone would’ve been appropriate.
Just copied from the article/video. I believe one of the rules is to not editorialize.
There is much to win as the imperial core disintegrates, though we will be lucky to not be dragged down with it.
Together with Brexit, the EU is getting the upper hand. It’s frightening how clumsy other countries are. China keeps supporting the losing Russia and is barely avoiding economic collapse from the housing bubble.
Some days I am wondering why the EU can’t help itself doing everything the right way.
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It’s too easy. Where is the catch?
Don’t worry, the EU will fumble. They always do. Maybe with the next attempt at baseless mass surveillance.
Everybody does, but it really depends on how bad you fumble and if you can course correct. Right now the two biggest competitiors the US and China both have mass surveillance for example. So even if it happens, the EU would just fall to their level. Still the goal should be to be better then the rest. Not by putting them down, but by improving the EU.
I really hope it’s because Europe is doing something good, and not because some other places have completely lost their way or are doing badly.
Doesn’t it worry you that you have to hope?
I never knew any different, as many people can easily be misled or corrupted, at least that’s my life experience. So I see it as my civilian task to always remain critical. Basically " my hope" is that the trust I do and must place sometimes, there is only so much one can do, won’t be misguided.
But yes. It’s sometime hard to keep faith and hope. So far, Europe hasn’t been too bad, but I feel we are in a critical time, and can still fuck it all up. We are not in a safe place (yet)
