Steve writes:
< She is very suspicious of industry since it
is almost exclusively big-Pharma and is (as a researcher directly, and
by extension in her loyalty to the fundamental research she is involved
in) the victim of *their* voracious nature. As a new parent and
primary breadwinner, she is re-evaluating whether she could find some
kind of industry job, but still finds it morally challenging in several
ways. >
A successful company has to create revenue to pay for research, but it may
create a lot of revenue from research.
In fact, I don't even want my tax revenue to go to parts of the country that I
see as having regressive tendencies. The greater good isn't for the greater
good. For me, I am fine to mainly supporting the people around me who do good
work. I don’t see that as tribal, just the facts of life that I tried to
prevent from happening in the first place. I'm glad there are people trying
to get things on track again, but building an ark is a sensible contingency too.
Marcus
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