Maybe someone pointed this out already, but the biggest problem I have with the hires is that it smacks of laziness.
I am a research scientist and when we try to hire new people we purposefully don't keep going to the same graduate program or professor for our hires. That is a sure-fire way for your ideas to stagnate. Rather, pulling people in with different backgrounds and talents really opens up the imagination. Everyone critically analyses data rather than just taking it for granted.
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