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> Sure. It also explains why EU is lagging horribly behind the US when it comes to technology. Probably because the EU (government(s)) doesn't sink as much mon
by throw0101a 4y ago
> Sure. It also explains why EU is lagging horribly behind the US when it comes to technology.
Probably because the EU (government(s)) doesn't sink as much money in to research as the US government. The technology of the US was built on Cold War spending:
* https://steveblank.com/secret-history/ https://steveblank.com/secret-history/
Most of the tech we used in our day to day lives was also created with government spending:
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Entrepreneurial_State https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Entrepreneurial_State
- mountainriver 4y agoI think you would have a very hard time proving this without leveraging monetary policy. Sure some low level components are and companies built on top of that but it doesn’t mean the tech I’m using is supplied by the US government. Pretty much all the tech I use comes from the private sector
- palata 4y agoYou mean, like the Internet? Or GPS? Also the US government is injecting a ton of money into private companies, so it's not necessarily visible.
- mountainriver 4y agoyes the internet and GPS were created by the government, but a bunch of other stuff isn't