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Really this sounds like a problem of missing government intervention. The government could treat graphene like corn until all the industries have built up aroun

by 8note 6y ago

Really this sounds like a problem of missing government intervention. The government could treat graphene like corn until all the industries have built up around it

vinniejames 6y ago
The problem is that there isn't a graphene farmers lobby group
missedthecue 6y ago
How about instead of building and shuttering a billion dollar chat app every 2 years google puts some resources into it in the interest of diversification. All these tech companies are gonna need ever more batteries and Google would be well ahead if they can make the best ones.
- anoncareer0212 6y ago
  Because rebranding a chat app as it evolves instead of calling it '2.0' doesn't imply you have spare resources to check notes utterly revolutionize battery technology out of nowhere. Google's CFO's strategy has been to incubate those ideas and either sell them to industry or spin them off with independent investment after the, say, first $10 billion in costs.
  - missedthecue 6y ago
    It's not anything specific to Google. Tech is awash in cash and breakthroughs have been lacking. This seems like an obvious opportunity yet no one seems to be going for it.
    - creato 6y ago
      Google supposedly is doing exactly this in some fields, e.g. Quantum computing. But I don't know enough about Quantum computers to tell if that effort is producing anything of value, I'm leaning towards no at this point. Maybe just throwing cash at a problem isn't as easy as it seems.
- PedroBatista 6y ago
  And that’s how Google wins these days, we turn to them to solve all our problems like a child praying to God every night before bed.
robin_reala 6y ago
The National Graphene Institute has £61m of government funding: https://www.graphene.manchester.ac.uk/about/ngi/ https://www.graphene.manchester.ac.uk/about/ngi/
- rpastuszak 6y ago
  WhatsApp was acquired for $16-19b IIRC. (Or: "FB bought our contact books for $16-19b.") I'm not saying that we could solve all of our problems by investing this amount of $$ in graphene, or that "FB sucks, duh", but it's hard to argue that we can maintain this ridiculous waste of resources and human brain power for longer.

by 8note 6y ago

Really this sounds like a problem of missing government intervention. The government could treat graphene like corn until all the industries have built up around it

vinniejames 6y ago

The problem is that there isn't a graphene farmers lobby group

missedthecue 6y ago

How about instead of building and shuttering a billion dollar chat app every 2 years google puts some resources into it in the interest of diversification. All these tech companies are gonna need ever more batteries and Google would be well ahead if they can make the best ones.

anoncareer0212 6y ago
Because rebranding a chat app as it evolves instead of calling it '2.0' doesn't imply you have spare resources to check notes utterly revolutionize battery technology out of nowhere. Google's CFO's strategy has been to incubate those ideas and either sell them to industry or spin them off with independent investment after the, say, first $10 billion in costs.
- missedthecue 6y ago
  It's not anything specific to Google. Tech is awash in cash and breakthroughs have been lacking. This seems like an obvious opportunity yet no one seems to be going for it.
  - creato 6y ago
    Google supposedly is doing exactly this in some fields, e.g. Quantum computing. But I don't know enough about Quantum computers to tell if that effort is producing anything of value, I'm leaning towards no at this point. Maybe just throwing cash at a problem isn't as easy as it seems.
PedroBatista 6y ago
And that’s how Google wins these days, we turn to them to solve all our problems like a child praying to God every night before bed.

robin_reala 6y ago

The National Graphene Institute has £61m of government funding: https://www.graphene.manchester.ac.uk/about/ngi/ https://www.graphene.manchester.ac.uk/about/ngi/

rpastuszak 6y ago
WhatsApp was acquired for $16-19b IIRC. (Or: "FB bought our contact books for $16-19b.") I'm not saying that we could solve all of our problems by investing this amount of $$ in graphene, or that "FB sucks, duh", but it's hard to argue that we can maintain this ridiculous waste of resources and human brain power for longer.