I see, this article confuses "fund people, not projects" with "fund people from top tier universities with degrees, credentials and any other pedigree that would make them successful in the current system, not projects".
Everyone has their own way of interpreting "fund people, not projects" but my take on it is that it would basically be "basic income" for scientists and engineers. Make a lot of small bets to provide the base level of comfort so that scientists and engineers can work with some piece of mind with the hope of having a few unicorn successes that make up for the rest. This seems like what's ostensibly happening in silicon valley to begin with so that's why I have this interpretation.
The implementation details always matter but my view is that the Kariko story is precisely in favor of the "fund people, not projects". Ultimately the article comes to the same conclusion ("... fund a more diverse range of people and ideas, even ... ideas that are currently ... unpopular, unworkable, obscure ...") but I guess the assumption is that a "fund people" approach would be implemented to favor superstars at the exclusion of everyone else.
Everyone has their own way of interpreting "fund people, not projects" but my take on it is that it would basically be "basic income" for scientists and engineers. Make a lot of small bets to provide the base level of comfort so that scientists and engineers can work with some piece of mind with the hope of having a few unicorn successes that make up for the rest. This seems like what's ostensibly happening in silicon valley to begin with so that's why I have this interpretation.
The implementation details always matter but my view is that the Kariko story is precisely in favor of the "fund people, not projects". Ultimately the article comes to the same conclusion ("... fund a more diverse range of people and ideas, even ... ideas that are currently ... unpopular, unworkable, obscure ...") but I guess the assumption is that a "fund people" approach would be implemented to favor superstars at the exclusion of everyone else.