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charles nicolas's avatar

Another interesting article that broadens the discussion. Thank you for bringing different, well-thought-out perspectives to light. It's always a pleasure to read and think about your work.

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Steve Mudge's avatar

We had quite a golden age of research in the quasi government research (post WWII) entities like Bell Labs and Xerox. I suppose those have been replaced by tech companies setting up research gardens next to universities. It seems that for-profit research is a lot more expensive too---an extreme example would be, say, comparing the billions of dollars Amgen spends to get a blockbuster drug to market verses Jonas Salk quietly, and at very low cost relatively, developing a Polio vaccine. Can we get back to altruistic non-profit federal research?

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