> Elon Musk has moved the needle much more than all of the universities combined it seems like. This is incredibly narrow-sighted. How many of “Elon Musk’s” (r

> Elon Musk has moved the needle much more than all of the universities combined it seems like. This is incredibly narrow-sighted. How many of “Elon Musk’s” (really, the people he employs) achievements have been made possible by foundational scientific research funded by public grants and made available to the broader community? I would argue a nontrivial amount. Much of tech entrepreneurship is technology transfer, not foundational. These are all parts of a complex ecosystem and no one piece is solely responsible for moving the needle.