Explaining a $47 Purchase to Someone Earning $180k a Year: Academia's Absurd Funding Reality
hoofnagle · x · 2026-09-26
A viral quip resonating at UC Berkeley: "Somewhere a scientist is explaining a $47 purchase to someone whose job costs $180,000 a year" — skewering the absurdity of research funding bureaucracy, where underfunded scientists must justify tiny expenses to well-paid administrators.
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