Editing The Precariat (section)

=== The Price of Fear ===

Financial dependence changes how people speak and act. When scientists' jobs and grants are insecure, dissent becomes dangerous. Many remain silent to avoid jeopardizing their positions.

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|content=A scientist needs to know she/he is not hanging by a thread. You need to be able to tell The Fauci/Collins/Daszaks of this world to Eff off. And survive. And Thrive. 

We are paying for cheap science. It’s in your lungs now. Let’s start paying for real science. It’s much cheaper.
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|content=Scientists made us wealthy.

It is time to return the favor.

Stop producing '''precarious scientists'''.
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Weinstein cites the pandemic years as evidence, reminding his audience that scientists repeated the views of administrative leaders such as Fauci and Collins instead of challenging them. The issue is structural: a precarious academic profession cannot remain intellectually open. There is no possibility of dissent without fear of losing everything.