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Which countries would benefit most from an American brain drain?

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43 points rustoo | 1 comments | 12 Apr 25 15:03 UTC | HN request time: 0.203s | source
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hello_computer ◴[12 Apr 25 15:41 UTC] No.43665328[source]▶
Most of our “brains” are mercenaries, who are actually a net loss to the country if you judge by anything other than the stock market. Look at what happened to SoCal! You are all welcome to our fintech/biotech/adtech/surveillance “geniuses”.
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jraby3 ◴[12 Apr 25 15:57 UTC] No.43665479[source]▶
Sure. Just look at medicine, quality of life, etc. /s
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1. hello_computer ◴[12 Apr 25 17:09 UTC] No.43666207[source]▶
raiding old ladies' pensions and listening in on everybody's conversations does not put you in the same game as the guy who discovered penicillin.