Anonymous
Post 05/17/2026 20:10     Subject: What happened to curing cancer or saving the world?
TBH, it’s some nepo babies who still want to change the world for good. Strivers’ kids just want to be rich.
Anonymous
Post 05/17/2026 20:09     Subject: What happened to curing cancer or saving the world?
Anonymous wrote:I was so different at his age. Idealistic, driven to change the world. Which I never did, of course.

I think this next generation is more cynical, or maybe just realistic.


Oof, this hits.

It was a thing back then, right? Wanting to better the world and not stressing as much about the money but seeing a mission-driven career as valuable and not looked down upon.

My kids (granted an N of 2) just don't view the world that way.
Anonymous
Post 05/17/2026 20:03     Subject: What happened to curing cancer or saving the world?
I have been a teacher for 30 years. My kids are in finance, or heading there. They saw me work my ass off and struggle and they want a different path. I am thrilled.
Anonymous
Post 05/17/2026 19:56     Subject: What happened to curing cancer or saving the world?
Anonymous wrote:I worked for USAID and DH also has low pay, for-the-public-good job with volatility thrown in for kicks. We both have always felt passionate about our work - they were vocations, not just jobs.

Our kid is a business major and says he wants a job that will make him good money and that he likes what he does every day well enough. That’s it. I don’t think he’ll do anything slimy, but I think he sees work as just…work. It’s what you do to pay the bills. He doesn’t seem to need a calling or a purpose in it. I was so different at his age. Idealistic, driven to change the world. Which I never did, of course.

I think this next generation is more cynical, or maybe just realistic.

They see that there’s genuinely no point to trying to save the world, because it takes one republican to tear down everything you’ve built. Instead make money and be selfish. It makes your life 10x better. At this rate, trying to improve society is a fool’s errand.
Anonymous
Post 05/17/2026 19:48     Subject: What happened to curing cancer or saving the world?
I worked for USAID and DH also has low pay, for-the-public-good job with volatility thrown in for kicks. We both have always felt passionate about our work - they were vocations, not just jobs.

Our kid is a business major and says he wants a job that will make him good money and that he likes what he does every day well enough. That’s it. I don’t think he’ll do anything slimy, but I think he sees work as just…work. It’s what you do to pay the bills. He doesn’t seem to need a calling or a purpose in it. I was so different at his age. Idealistic, driven to change the world. Which I never did, of course.

I think this next generation is more cynical, or maybe just realistic.
Anonymous
Post 05/17/2026 19:47     Subject: What happened to curing cancer or saving the world?
Anonymous wrote:Know of a few going into Big Pharma (Novo Nordisk, J&J, Pfizer, Merck, etc)


Everyone wants to cure cancer but nobody likes Big Pharma
Anonymous
Post 05/17/2026 19:46     Subject: What happened to curing cancer or saving the world?
Know of a few going into Big Pharma (Novo Nordisk, J&J, Pfizer, Merck, etc)
Anonymous
Post 05/17/2026 19:41     Subject: What happened to curing cancer or saving the world?
Since Republicans came to power, a lot of researchers and scientists have lost either their jobs or their funding, so... not a lot of science going on these days in America.
Anonymous
Post 05/17/2026 19:41     Subject: What happened to curing cancer or saving the world?
Most people have boring jobs. That has always been true.
Anonymous
Post 05/17/2026 19:41     Subject: What happened to curing cancer or saving the world?
Are you doing interesting job yourself?
Anonymous
Post 05/17/2026 19:40     Subject: What happened to curing cancer or saving the world?
Most cancer curing kids at Hopkins are actually going to cure cancer. Don’t know how it’s at other Top 10 schools.
Anonymous
Post 05/17/2026 19:40     Subject: What happened to curing cancer or saving the world?
They are literally defunding the pathways to do such research. Thats what happened. Republicans hate research.
Anonymous
Post 05/17/2026 19:37     Subject: What happened to curing cancer or saving the world?
Cancers just a conspiracy theory. Take some peptides and you’re all cured. S/
Anonymous
Post 05/17/2026 19:36     Subject: What happened to curing cancer or saving the world?
You saw what they did to the NIH... why bother?
Anonymous
Post 05/17/2026 19:36     Subject: What happened to curing cancer or saving the world?
The students we know graduating from college have jobs in business, consulting, IB, and a few in engineering. Any more interesting new grad jobs that you know of?