That's my conclusion as well since now the closest we have to Bell Labs is the Google R&D where it has a virtual monopoly on Internet search and it's able to hi

That's my conclusion as well since now the closest we have to Bell Labs is the Google R&D where it has a virtual monopoly on Internet search and it's able to hire excellent well paid researchers [1]. [1] US weighs Google break-up in landmark antitrust case: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41784599 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41784599