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> research labs may become wholly dependent on companies They already are. Who provides their computers and operating systems? Who provides their HR software?
by monkeyelite 1y ago
> research labs may become wholly dependent on companies
They already are. Who provides their computers and operating systems? Who provides their HR software? Who provides their expensive lab equipment?
Companies are not in some separate realm. They are how our society produces goods and services, including the most essential ones.
- klabb3 1y agoSorry for meta but.. this is one of those rare cases where both the argument and the rebuttal are worth agreeing with.
- rtkwe 1y agoFor purchases sure but their funding and therefor what they're buying with that funding is not tied to companies at all which is an incredibly important distinction. This rhymes with the old "yet you participate in society/capitalism" "gotcha" [0] and it's worth about as much. [0] https://iea.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/mister-gotcha-4-9faefa-1.jpg https://iea.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/mister-gotcha-...