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I think the book is better, it stresses the gap between innovation (particularly driven by startup capitalism) and government regulation. Per the book, when sc
by lupusreal 3y ago
I think the book is better, it stresses the gap between innovation (particularly driven by startup capitalism) and government regulation. Per the book, when scientists are driven by a profit motive they have an incentive to be secretive to keep their competitors in the dark, and naturally, also keep government regulators in the dark. This mirrors a common observation on HN, that American tech startups profit by finding ways around traditional regulation (Amazon getting around local sales tax, Uber getting around taxi medallion systems, electric scooter rental deploying into cities faster than their sidewalk clutter can be regulated, etc.)