The personality profile of academics includes risk aversion. This is why they settle into a giant institution that will guarantee their livelihood until they die. They are also most prone to avoiding criticism, most of their career and social environment is rewarded for their compliance and agreeableness. This is undoubtedly the person who has no motivation for a financial revolution, and they have no desire to kill off the global cancer that fills their through. If not for bank loans and government grants, they would need to do actual work rather than simply submit a dozen letters with some scientific embellishment; then wait for one to come back that justifies their existence for the next year. This is the parasite Eisenhower warned us of, but we are told it's only about the tagline about the military. Government funded scientific research is indeed the greater threat.