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Sorry, you just aren't informed on the matter. Not only does the military, CIA and other agencies pour billions in R&D development to SV, the CIA has run a hed

Sorry, you just aren't informed on the matter. Not only does the military, CIA and other agencies pour billions in R&D development to SV, the CIA has run a hedge fund for almost 20 years that has significant ownership in hundreds of SV companies. Here is a list of 219 tech companies owned in whole or part by the CIA hedge fund (just the ones they let us know about): https://www.iqt.org/portfolio/ https://www.iqt.org/portfolio/ Here is their logo, which speaks for itself: https://www.iqt.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/About-venn-diagram-300x279.png https://www.iqt.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/About-venn-di... The CIA hedge fund and billions in R&D money are in addition to an unknown portion of the "black budget" controlled by various spy agencies, which is over $80 billion dollars this year. https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/feb/28/trump-administration-requests-811-billion-toward-b/ https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/feb/28/trump-admin... The truth is that the tech industry is brimming with money from the military and spy agencies - and this is just what we know about.

pteredactyl 9y ago
Agreed. Thanks for sharing links. There's also an assumption that military necessarily equals evil. Do you think everyone who works for the NSA is out to curb our civil rights? It's not possible. And in fact, it's what a lot of people who work for the government or military believe in protecting.
- StanislavPetrov 9y ago
  There's a debate to be had over the "good" or "evil" that results in government/intelligence/military involvement in tech companies. In order to have a reasoned debate, people have to be aware of the facts. As evidenced in this thread (and elsewhere), many people are unaware of just how entwined our sprawling government and tax-payer funded quasi-government agencies are with "private" tech companies and others in SV.
  - pteredactyl 9y ago
    I agree with you. Except I have found this thread to be very novel, thought provoking, and seemingly well informed.

pteredactyl 9y ago

Agreed. Thanks for sharing links. There's also an assumption that military necessarily equals evil. Do you think everyone who works for the NSA is out to curb our civil rights? It's not possible. And in fact, it's what a lot of people who work for the government or military believe in protecting.

StanislavPetrov 9y ago
There's a debate to be had over the "good" or "evil" that results in government/intelligence/military involvement in tech companies. In order to have a reasoned debate, people have to be aware of the facts. As evidenced in this thread (and elsewhere), many people are unaware of just how entwined our sprawling government and tax-payer funded quasi-government agencies are with "private" tech companies and others in SV.
- pteredactyl 9y ago
  I agree with you. Except I have found this thread to be very novel, thought provoking, and seemingly well informed.