I think that if you know the current state of the art you have a higher chance of making an incremental improvement. I don't know if it changes your odds of com

I think that if you know the current state of the art you have a higher chance of making an incremental improvement. I don't know if it changes your odds of coming up with a revolutionary improvement. We just recently had the story of the student who developed a faster hash lookup because they didn't know it would be impossible. If this was my money I'd rather take the higher odds for any improvement and have deep understanding of the state of the art at the table. But it's not, so I'm delighted Larry is spending his money on something that truly could help everyone with their most basic needs rather than spending it on more sailing boats, hobby rockets or similar.