The Problem with Sugar-Daddy Science

There are so many knee jerk/emotional rants in this opinion piece that I don’t even know where to begin.(PS: I like Sarah Taber and follow her on Twitter, fwiw)

I will just say this: I don’t think the particular example of Food computer at MIT Media Lav isn’t about ‘sugar daddy science’..but rather just a garden variety university level investors relationship.

Another issue is with more federal funding for research. I doubt it will actually fund research in public universities. It will likely be used for the care and feeding of tenured staff and less on research.