>>> recently, the US government has been more frugal in its support for research and more timid in its determination to steer the direction of technological cha

>>> recently, the US government has been more frugal in its support for research and more timid in its determination to steer the direction of technological change Decoupling innovation from incentive. The danger being that hard tech funding potentially forms a "black hole". With limitless funds poured in without any further illumination into the problem.