Thoughts on the new WIUI podcast?
Hi guys, Some recent video from "What is up Indonesia?" (WIUI) in which they interviewed the head of the Indonesian National Research Institute (BRIN) prompted me to write this post. Granted, I may have been out of the loop from the Indonesian scientific community, and I may not have been that up to date with the scientific news from Indonesia, but I find myself overall disappointed by what I heard. The previous leader, Laksana Tri Handoko, faced multiple challenges that stems from the centralization of many scientific governmental institutions merged under BRIN, a move deemed controversial in 2021. To be honest, I had high expectations for this new leader, Arif Satria, I had hoped we would get a different leader with a fresh new outlook. Where to start? A hint of optimism showed itself when he talked about how fundamental research is important, but then mentioned the special mandate to use scientific innovation to boost economic growth? And when asked by Abigail...
