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Tackling a NASA-scale problem would (most likely) require NASA-scale funding. Ping me when somebody finds an investor that is this rich/foolish. I admire the
by gavanwoolery 15y ago
Tackling a NASA-scale problem would (most likely) require NASA-scale funding. Ping me when somebody finds an investor that is this rich/foolish.
I admire the notion, but I actually think the scale of the problem is irrelevant. There are some really "small" problems (that are hard, but could be solved by one person), throughout mathematics and computer science that could have profound impacts.
- nateberkopec 15y agoEeeehh...I'm not so sure about that. Palantir, Dropbox, and Heroku are all examples of startups that solved massive technical issues (mostly with redundancy/stability) that keeps their competition at bay. Would you want to recode Dropbox? Would you like to take a stab at one-upping Palantir's massive effort in the next gen of financial intelligence? Hm, I think I need to go back to the drawing board with this post. There's something good here but I didn't quite get it across.