Strange that you pick a minuscule—nay, pissant—cost, when you could point to other waste that is literally millions of orders of magnitude greater. The BS consulting fee cost you perhaps a hundred-thousandth of a penny. The unnecessary war in Iraq cost you tens of thousands of dollars. Billions in subsidies to oil companies that are earning record-breaking profits is costing you hundreds of dollars.

Don’t let clickbait distract you from the real pain.

> literally millions of orders of magnitude greater

One order of magnitude is literally 10x (10¹) Two orders of magnitudes is 100x (10²) A million orders of magnitude would be 10¹⁰⁰⁰⁰⁰⁰. Millions of orders of magnitude would be larger still.

There are estimated between 10⁷⁸ to 10⁸² atoms in the universe.

Perhaps you meant to say “literally six to nine” rather than “literally millions”?

Indeed. The point remains: OP has been fooled into fretting about relatively nothing so that the real issues aren’t noticed.

Are you an Oxnard resident? How much of the school system is funded federally versus state versus locally?

I agree it’s wasteful, but this seems more an indictment of Stanford and the veneer of prestige.

It’s also tax dollars that put a check on the nonsense.