▲ 53 ▼ Forget DeepSeek. China's real ‘Sputnik moment’ is happening on campus as American universities lose their advantage (fortune.com) submitted 1 week ago by yogthos@lemmy.ml to c/technology@lemmy.ml 7 comments fedilink hide all child comments https://archive.ph/iIarG
[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml [S] 14 points 1 week ago (1 child) I'm also looking forward to more American top scientists moving to China as their funding gets cut and they can't find new students. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] sudo@lemmy.today -6 points 1 week ago (3 children) Yeah, leaving one authoritarian shithole where you have no rights for another authoritarian shithole where you have no rights isn't what I imagine most scientists are looking for. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Horse@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 1 week ago citation needed permalink fedilink source parent [–] yogthos@lemmy.ml [S] 7 points 1 week ago lmfao imagine being over the age of 12 and using authoritarian unironically, some real intellectual titans on this site 🤣 and here's something for you to mald over https://sccei.fsi.stanford.edu/china-briefs/reverse-brain-drain-exploring-trends-among-chinese-scientists-us https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/is-the-us-witnessing-the-start-of-a-brain-drain-of-chemists-to-china/4023959.article https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/09/science/nobel-winning-us-chemist-will-move-to-china-to-lead-ai-institute.htmlunlocked_article_code=1.wlA.-_eU.hvAo1uhEkhDR&smid=nytcore-ios-share https://e.vnexpress.net/news/tech/personalities/7-prominent-scientists-and-experts-who-left-us-uk-for-china-in-2026-5096244.html https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3359883/10-scientists-and-experts-who-have-left-us-and-uk-china-so-far-2026 permalink fedilink source parent [–] eager_eagle@lemmy.world 1 point 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) I felt with a lot more rights in the old country tbh, I came for the money and experience, definitely not more rights or social benefits permalink fedilink source parent
[+] sudo@lemmy.today -6 points 1 week ago (3 children) Yeah, leaving one authoritarian shithole where you have no rights for another authoritarian shithole where you have no rights isn't what I imagine most scientists are looking for. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Horse@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 1 week ago citation needed permalink fedilink source parent [–] yogthos@lemmy.ml [S] 7 points 1 week ago lmfao imagine being over the age of 12 and using authoritarian unironically, some real intellectual titans on this site 🤣 and here's something for you to mald over https://sccei.fsi.stanford.edu/china-briefs/reverse-brain-drain-exploring-trends-among-chinese-scientists-us https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/is-the-us-witnessing-the-start-of-a-brain-drain-of-chemists-to-china/4023959.article https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/09/science/nobel-winning-us-chemist-will-move-to-china-to-lead-ai-institute.htmlunlocked_article_code=1.wlA.-_eU.hvAo1uhEkhDR&smid=nytcore-ios-share https://e.vnexpress.net/news/tech/personalities/7-prominent-scientists-and-experts-who-left-us-uk-for-china-in-2026-5096244.html https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3359883/10-scientists-and-experts-who-have-left-us-and-uk-china-so-far-2026 permalink fedilink source parent [–] eager_eagle@lemmy.world 1 point 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) I felt with a lot more rights in the old country tbh, I came for the money and experience, definitely not more rights or social benefits permalink fedilink source parent
[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml [S] 7 points 1 week ago lmfao imagine being over the age of 12 and using authoritarian unironically, some real intellectual titans on this site 🤣 and here's something for you to mald over https://sccei.fsi.stanford.edu/china-briefs/reverse-brain-drain-exploring-trends-among-chinese-scientists-us https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/is-the-us-witnessing-the-start-of-a-brain-drain-of-chemists-to-china/4023959.article https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/09/science/nobel-winning-us-chemist-will-move-to-china-to-lead-ai-institute.htmlunlocked_article_code=1.wlA.-_eU.hvAo1uhEkhDR&smid=nytcore-ios-share https://e.vnexpress.net/news/tech/personalities/7-prominent-scientists-and-experts-who-left-us-uk-for-china-in-2026-5096244.html https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3359883/10-scientists-and-experts-who-have-left-us-and-uk-china-so-far-2026 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] eager_eagle@lemmy.world 1 point 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) I felt with a lot more rights in the old country tbh, I came for the money and experience, definitely not more rights or social benefits permalink fedilink source parent