I would say that it's not just any European city that is key here (i.e. not Berlin or Paris); it is specifically a former-Soviet country that remembers what being crushed and then re-crushed by the Soviet boot was like as recently as 1968, and freedom only gained in 1989. For a Czech Gen Z, her parents would have living memory of living …
I would say that it's not just any European city that is key here (i.e. not Berlin or Paris); it is specifically a former-Soviet country that remembers what being crushed and then re-crushed by the Soviet boot was like as recently as 1968, and freedom only gained in 1989. For a Czech Gen Z, her parents would have living memory of living under communism and are unlikely to put up with certain strains of bs coming through the universities.
Exactly! I lived in Prague from 2014-18 and was struck repeatedly by how wonderfully libertarian the place is. After being oppressed by first the Nazis and then the Communists, Czech people have no patience for oppressive, bureaucratic rules. As soon as I saw that the professor had been hired in Prague (probably Charles University), it made complete sense.
Prague is a wonderful city. I predict that he will much prefer it to Boston!
I would say that it's not just any European city that is key here (i.e. not Berlin or Paris); it is specifically a former-Soviet country that remembers what being crushed and then re-crushed by the Soviet boot was like as recently as 1968, and freedom only gained in 1989. For a Czech Gen Z, her parents would have living memory of living under communism and are unlikely to put up with certain strains of bs coming through the universities.
Exactly! I lived in Prague from 2014-18 and was struck repeatedly by how wonderfully libertarian the place is. After being oppressed by first the Nazis and then the Communists, Czech people have no patience for oppressive, bureaucratic rules. As soon as I saw that the professor had been hired in Prague (probably Charles University), it made complete sense.
Prague is a wonderful city. I predict that he will much prefer it to Boston!