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The whole "military investments have helped tech so much!" is so overhyped. If you had put the same amount of money into research grants, you would've obtained
by mtgx 8y ago
The whole "military investments have helped tech so much!" is so overhyped.
If you had put the same amount of money into research grants, you would've obtained 100x the commercial inventions we eventually got mainly by accident from the military.
- analognoise 8y agoReal tech (hardcore stuff: chips, systems, radios, satellites, supercomputers, etc). If you mean the latest subscription service for cat videos (or "like Uber, but for..." type trash) then no, the military doesn't help with those things.
- petra 8y agoTo be fair, OP talked about research grants , not VC for crap.