Having worked in academic research, industrial research, and programming in the US, I agree strongly with the sentiment here. From what I've seen, many US compa

Having worked in academic research, industrial research, and programming in the US, I agree strongly with the sentiment here. From what I've seen, many US companies--even those claiming to be research focused--don't really engage in actual research and confuse it with development. This conflation of research with product-driven iteration has created a gap left to be filled by US competitors