> Top down government planning is the only thing that has consistently worked in high technology sectors, especially things like semiconductors or spaceflight.

> Top down government planning is the only thing that has consistently worked in high technology sectors, especially things like semiconductors or spaceflight. That's what gave us Intel processors? SpaceX? Google? ChatGPT? I strongly disagree with your reading of events. (Yes, there was government involvement in the origins of the semiconductor industry, and in the origins of US spaceflight. No, top down government planning is not the only thing that has consistently worked. Having the government seed things and let private businesses run with it has worked pretty well.)