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America is foolishly waving goodbye to Chinese boffins (economist.com)
JSR_FDED 8 days ago [-]
JSR_FDED 8 days ago [-]
I remember when the appeal of the US was being surrounded by people at the top of their field.
6510 8 days ago [-]
From the Asian perspective perhaps, from Europe the appeal was/is the willingness to innovate and the sense of adventure. The more money people earn the more risk they are willing to take, the opposite of Europe.
more_corn 8 days ago [-]
We don’t have boffins here. That’s the Brits.
tim333 8 days ago [-]
It's kind of retro in the UK too. Bit of a WW2 term.
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