[saadatq]

Of note:

“ Six of the eight authors were born outside the United States; the other two are children of two green-card-carrying Germans who were temporarily in California and a first-generation American whose family had fled persecution, respectively.”

[laidoffamazon]

The more interesting thing to me is that only one of them went to an elite American undergrad (Duke). Rest went to undergrads in India, Ukraine, Germany, Canada (UToronto has a 43% acceptance rate).

[IncreasePosts]

Why would that be of note, especially in America? I think it would be an interesting observation in China or Japan, or some other country which is generally less welcoming to immigrants than the US

[svnt]

First generation immigrants are still a tiny minority of the population. The fact that the entire team consists effectively of first generation immigrants says something, probably both about higher education and American culture.

[AnimalMuppet]

Because there are plenty of people in the US who are neither immigrants nor the children of immigrants. In fact, they're probably a significant majority. So to have 8 out of 8 be members of the smaller set is rather unlikely.

[pyb]

With the current state of Visas for the US, most countries are now more welcoming to migrants.

[quantum_state]

The US is still the place to be, despite its problems…

[pksebben]

> less welcoming to immigrants than the US

Not sure if we can claim this any more, what with texas shipping busloads of immigrants to NY and the mayor declaring it a citywide emergency, and both major parties rushing to get a border wall built.

[bugglebeetle]

Yes, this is one of the actually admirable qualities of the US and California in particular. CA has one of the world’s largest economies because it attracts and embraces people from just about every part of the world.