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The Manhattan Project also cost something like $40 billion in today's dollars and had the benefit of conscripting some of the most brilliant minds in the world
by mikeyouse 7y ago
The Manhattan Project also cost something like $40 billion in today's dollars and had the benefit of conscripting some of the most brilliant minds in the world (including many Europeans who fled the war) to work on it for modest salaries.
- sib 7y agoIt sounds like a lot to me, but it's worth noting that there are individuals with more money than that (and certainly plenty of tech companies who could invest that much). The Gates Foundation alone could fund that investment.