There's a big difference between cutting off all foreign-born talent—and addressing the serious issue of graduate school turning into an immigration racket; the current issue with graduate degrees is a very close mirror to the issue with H1b worker visas. The abuse of both systems has harmed Americans—and to some extent the long-term health of the tech industry and the academy.

They already lost their innovation edge with TikTok but they were able to steal it back with brute force. They must be counting on doing that again.

A simple house in the South Bay is $2 million or more. Is this a win for humanity?

Could be the biggest own goal in human history.