I think the poster was just pointing to the parallels. It's salient to me as a professor.
FWIW, I think the issues are definitely related though. There's lots of STEM hype in academics as well as in commerce which creates a labor oversupply in both.
The problem is that there are genuine advancements in STEM that are interesting and rewarding, from the academic as well as commercial side, but they're sort of buried in a sea of bullshit, and being able to connect with the worthwhile stuff (financially or otherwise) can often be due to random or sketchy reasons. So people see the great stuff going on, and then either promote it (in the case of politicians and public figures) or pursue it (as someone seeking a career) not realizing that throwing more people at something will necessarily produce more of what we like.
So you end up with the Gallipoli that is modern academics.
FWIW, I think the issues are definitely related though. There's lots of STEM hype in academics as well as in commerce which creates a labor oversupply in both.
The problem is that there are genuine advancements in STEM that are interesting and rewarding, from the academic as well as commercial side, but they're sort of buried in a sea of bullshit, and being able to connect with the worthwhile stuff (financially or otherwise) can often be due to random or sketchy reasons. So people see the great stuff going on, and then either promote it (in the case of politicians and public figures) or pursue it (as someone seeking a career) not realizing that throwing more people at something will necessarily produce more of what we like.
So you end up with the Gallipoli that is modern academics.