That's what public funding of research work is for. Basically, there's a continuum ranging from public research (i.e., high-risk, high-impact) to industrial re

That's what public funding of research work is for. Basically, there's a continuum ranging from public research (i.e., high-risk, high-impact) to industrial research and startups (medium risk, medium-to-high impact) to common adoption (low risk, low impact).