This is a fantastic breakdown of the Trump administration's proposal to fundamentally change science in the United States. The only problem: It fails to note it's being enacted by Peter Thiel's right-hand man Michael Kratsios, and is almost entirely Thiel's vision. bigthink.com/starts-with-...
An honest look inside the "Science: A New Golden Age" report
Scientists are livid over the OSTP director's official report to the President. Will it lead to a new golden age for US science, or end it?
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![Excerpt from the book 'The Philosopher in the Valley: Alex Karp, Palantir, and the Rise of the Surveillance State': "Through a friend, [Mosley] was introduced to Palantir, and after several rounds of interviews, he flew to Palo Alto to meet with Karp. As soon as Mosley took a seat, Karp began reciting a fiery speech that Oswald Mosley gave in 1939 demanding that Britain seek peace with Nazi Germany. (“Our generation shall not die like rats in Polish holes. They shall not die but shall live to see above their heads the English sky, to feel beneath their feet the English soil, and to enjoy the fair English countryside….”) Karp didn’t just repeat a few sentences; he went on for minutes, reproducing the speech from memory. Mosley sat in stunned silence. When Karp finished, he executed a few tai chi moves and walked out of the room without saying goodbye. A shaken Mosley figured that his family’s dark past had torpedoed him again. But it hadn’t: he was hired and ended up running Palantir’s UK business.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:7yu7npnajj4kdvwvlv7abwwq/bafkreicpyaeix575rxhdqf2q46pe6sxktdiweej6cddoawcdxrf2oaplgm)
