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Re:CS246: Mining Massive Data Sets by keenmaster on Thursday February 06, 2020 @01:27PM (#22258684)
The state serves a collection of individuals. If a particular individual is underserved, then it is consistent with the purpose of the state to:

1. Celebrate brain drain, because your people are improving their circumstances

2. Quickly move to one-up the U.S. and attract talent back to the EU

Almost no one wants to leave their homeland unless the opportunities elsewhere are significantly better.

Re:CS246: Mining Massive Data Sets by ur-whale on Thursday February 06, 2020 @03:51PM (#22260156)
> Almost no one wants to leave their homeland unless the opportunities elsewhere are significantly better.

That highly depends on where you homeland actually is. I can think of many places on earth where people would like nothing better than to leave but simply can't (language barrier, degrees not good enough to relocate, etc ...)

Re:CS246: Mining Massive Data Sets by keenmaster on Thursday February 06, 2020 @06:44PM (#22261686)
Agreed. Interpret "opportunities" broadly. I don't just mean job opportunities, I mean all sorts of economic and social opportunities. If Bulgaria had top universities, great governance, a vibrant economy, and all the social changes that come along with that, I don't think young Bulgarians would be departing in droves.