Our lack of research funding in the US over the last few decades has been appalling. It makes no sense to pull back they way we did after making such wild gains

Our lack of research funding in the US over the last few decades has been appalling. It makes no sense to pull back they way we did after making such wild gains on the back of it. Open source knowledge is literally the greatest thing since sliced bread. By some odd chance, a few people at Sun open-sourced Java and literally changed the world for the better. Look at the productivity and opportunity that is now available to everyone because of it. Look at how it spurred real competition and gave birth to new technology. It lit a fire under everyone's ass! One small example of how unleashing academic innovation can help lift everyone.