> It is an indictment of American universities that despite having the funding, resources and technology to do this a lot earlier, it was eventually a 3rd world

> It is an indictment of American universities that despite having the funding, resources and technology to do this a lot earlier, it was eventually a 3rd world country that pulled it off. I assume knowledge discovery and sharing doesn't depend on your country's world status. A lot of fundamental knowledge was discovered and passed down to us from ancient times by people who would consider life in the so-called third world countries to be a significant upgrade.