> Smart people doing remarkable things don't seem to have a place in our society anymore, neither in academia nor in the private economy. Sure there are excepti

> Smart people doing remarkable things don't seem to have a place in our society anymore, neither in academia nor in the private economy. Sure there are exceptions. I think smart people doing remarkable things have greater visibility than they have at any point in the recent past due to the internet and platforms like YouTube, etc. It is easier than ever to share and discover knowledge now than it ever has been in the past.. The biggest problem I see is that there is limited compensation for participating in these endeavors. I think this is an issue from the standpoint that some research is very costly or requires resources that the average person cannot obtain. There is still a great number of discoveries that can be made by people working in labs they have made wherever they found space.