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It comes full circle I guess. Most of the technology we use today came from military research first. SV, for all of its recent boom, really has contributed the
by IgorPartola 7y ago
It comes full circle I guess. Most of the technology we use today came from military research first. SV, for all of its recent boom, really has contributed the boring bits to make it all work. Things like GPS, cellular tech, the internet, Wi-Fi, AI, crypto, all stem from government research. Was the tech sector ever really in the control of the idealistic academics or was that all just an illusion?
- dv_dt 7y agoIf that's an interesting question to you, I'd recommend the book "The Entrepreneurial State" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Entrepreneurial_State https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Entrepreneurial_State
- germinalphrase 7y agoThe author has a good talk at the Long Now Foundation, as well. http://longnow.org/seminars/02014/mar/24/entrepreneurial-state-debunking-private-vs-public-sector-myths/ http://longnow.org/seminars/02014/mar/24/entrepreneurial-sta...