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This article had one interesting idea: the role of government funding in innovation. But rather than explore and flesh it out, it settled for a series of overge
by cjf4 9y ago
This article had one interesting idea: the role of government funding in innovation. But rather than explore and flesh it out, it settled for a series of overgeneralized and unsubstantiated polemics against capitalism, akin to a sophomore political science student who's just finished the manifesto for the first time.
- ygaf 9y agoI think that was fleshed out, but yeah, the article doesn't even need the word capitalist in it. ("capitalist firms" - as opposed to what?)
- beaconstudios 9y agothat's fairly common for Guardian opinion pieces these days. They used to be a great source for investigative journalism (and I'm sure they still have some great journalists on the payroll) but in the last couple years they've definitely been sliding further and further into far-left political opinion pieces.
- criddell 9y agoIsn't military spending a type of government funding of innovation?
- fivestar 9y agoIt is, but I am ethically bound to not work on any project that has military funding. In general, engineers and software developers need to make better ethical choices.
- criddell 9y agoHow much flexibility do you give yourself? For example, if a project uses a GPS receiver or GPS data, is that ok?
- geogra4 9y agolimited in scope and application.
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