Comment by acuozzo
3 days ago
> The private sector can fund projects which are opportunities with an economic basis
You've inherited a nation built atop research which, at the time it was done, had no immediate pathway for economic viability. The groundbreaking research out of Bell Labs and DARPA provide many examples, among many more from other institutions, to support this claim which changed the entire world in addition to our nation for the better.
To think that this research would have been the product of economic incentivization is folly.
We, as a nation, have been spoiled by these gifts of our past and, like so many spoiled trust fund children, are flushing our inheritance down the toilet.
>no immediate pathway for economic viability
Investing in research towards creating digital computers and a global messaging system are pathways towards economic viability.
I suggest you look more into the research conducted at both Bell Labs and, separately, the research funded by DARPA.
What you listed is but a tiny fraction.
>"What you listed is but a tiny fraction."
I mean, likewise for you:
>"Bell Labs and, separately, the research funded by DARPA."