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.
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 I suppose those have been replaced by tech companies setting up research gardens next to universities.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?
Not sure about altruistic, but maybe there is still some quality dark op government research going on somewhere with the trillions they seem to "lose" and not worry about.
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.
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 I suppose those have been replaced by tech companies setting up research gardens next to universities.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?
Not sure about altruistic, but maybe there is still some quality dark op government research going on somewhere with the trillions they seem to "lose" and not worry about.