Musk is dismantling science as we know it. His motivation should terrify you.“Longtermism.” Generated with Flux Pro 1.1 Ultra

If you don’t know someone who works in research, you may not realize that the science community around the world has been upended by the actions of the Trump administration and the ongoing agency-by-agency dismembering by Elon Musk’s so-called “department” of government efficiency.

USAID, arguably the most important non-military peacekeeping force in the world, is being all...