> A society with research as its goal would have an eternal national challenge, which would inspire its citizens from birth to learn and contribute to the world

> A society with research as its goal would have an eternal national challenge, which would inspire its citizens from birth to learn and contribute to the world. I don't know if I agree that we should have national challenges, but that sentence is easily the best political statement I've ever seen on HN. I'm curious if anyone else is interested in actually pursuing this?