[tetrep]

According to this data, at least in the US, wealthy people are already "gentlepersoning" us in many elite fields: https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2014/03/18/289013884/who-...

[2devnull]

It’s international. The global elite are not constrained by borders.

[maven29]

There aren't a lot of places where going into academia has significant opportunity cost (like for example, losing out on the prospect of a yacht paid for by reactjs work).