The Thiel fellowship debate certainly isn&#x27;t new to this forum, but z very relevant aspect of that debate is how different the incentives look internationally.<p>My understanding is that in the US $100k over two years is equivalent to a comfortable middle class salary (outside SF, NY and perhaps one or two other places). It appears that in India it would be more like a exceptionally high salary placing someone in a top income bracket (except perhaps in Mumbai and one or two other places), an amount that would take several years to accumulate after getting a job at a prestigious multinational. The sort of sum someone with more modest expectations could even contemplate being a respectable retirement amount.<p>Keeping the amount equivalent internationally is perhaps only fair, especially since Thiel Fellows might look to relocate internationally to achieve their aspirations anyway, but it also means a sum proposed as a short term subsidy in the US represents actual <i>wealth</i> in some parts of the world.