Silicon Valley is turning scientists into exploited gig workers?

Article

• The Nation piece on Thiel/Andreessen’s attacks on universities and institutional science
• Argues AI labs exploit PhD-level scientific labor at gig-economy rates
• Links SV influence over Trump administration to defunding academic research
• Frames it as ideological assault on public science infrastructure

Discussion

• Debate over whether PhD overproduction is the root cause, not SV ideology
• Libertarian contradiction noted: imposing personal views while preaching market freedom
• One commenter argues society subsidizes corporate training when people pay for degrees
• Skeptics say supply/demand explains wages; ideology framing dismissed as post-hoc

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