I think we should definitely experiment with how we incentivize research, but one of the problems with profit is that it's hard to quantify. Basically it's easy

I think we should definitely experiment with how we incentivize research, but one of the problems with profit is that it's hard to quantify. Basically it's easy for companies to make profits disappear. I.e. Lookup Hollywood accounting. I read once about a prize based on QALY gained (quality adjusted life years) over current best practices. One of the best parts about this is you could give it for unpatentable advanced like diet/exercise/herbs. Lots of money is wasted trying to take an unpatentable ideas like intermittent fasting/curcumin and turn them into patentable drugs.