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Tech exec's don't always veer STEM, eg. Musk is a Business Grad who took "Physics for Business Grad" bridging courses, Paul Graham is a Philosophy grad.

China is said to be top heavy in actual STEM graduates at the party committee five year plan level.

A number of countries are top heavy in politico's with a formal Law degree, eg. Australia.

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Mark Zuckerberg famously studied Latin in high school and remains a Classics enthusiast.

China inherited the dictatorship from communists. I am not sure if we can blame the dictatorial rule to the STEM people. But still, China seems quite good otherwise.

I think Law could be a example in favor of humanities, as eg many of the founders of the American government were from a background in law.

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