Comment by NitpickLawyer

> Progress is made by these people [...] Not by the industry.

Eh, debatable? Maybe a bit of both? Industry certainly brings research-level stuff to the masses. And has a way to winnow what's ultimately useful from the vast amounts of research that amounts to "huh, that's weird". And in turn that vast amount of stuff serves as the starting point, and round and round it goes. Research without industry would be pointless (from the masses perspective). And industry without research would be clueless or stagnant or outright dangerous.

Industry can also bring vast amounts of money into research. Just look at the field of Machine Learning.