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These seem like different horizons on investments. Apple seems to be dedicating a lot of resources to projects with 5 year horizons, while Google seems to be de
by philip1209 11y ago
These seem like different horizons on investments. Apple seems to be dedicating a lot of resources to projects with 5 year horizons, while Google seems to be dedicating a lot of resources to projects with 20 year horizons. Neither strategy is wrong, but of course you would expect better ROI in a short period than money spent on fundamental research at a (relatively) new company.
- rarepostinlurkr 11y agoTechnology goes really fast. 20 years is insane, I'm not sure I'd bet a technology business on where we'd be in 20 years. 5 seems risky but worth thinking through. Probably not worth planning for except in the most abstract of ways.
- philip1209 11y agoI agree - but I'd describe things like self-driving cars or curing cancer as fundamental research rather than technology.