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by gsf_emergency_2 457 days ago
Since commenters are saying this is not specific to MPI (or Germany)*, I suggest instead a comparison to Bell Labs.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43295865

From what I can tell their values are similar; the effective difference is making (human & material) resources broadly available vs handing out power (=specifically, organizational capabilities, including hiring, personnel evaluations,etc)

*Curious folks might want to peruse https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harnack-Prinzip

https://archive.today/0Iqes

>Der Wettbewerb um akademische Positionen ist hart, eigene wissenschaftliche Durchbrüche lassen sich nicht erzwingen und bei allen Zukunftsplanungen sind junge Forscher von der Begutachtung durch bereits arrivierte Wissenschaftler abhängig.

--public apologizing by the indignant President last decade