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> Who would pay for it without a reasonable expectation of getting more out than they had to put in? Perhaps no one, in that sense limiting technological advan
by boomlinde 12y ago
> Who would pay for it without a reasonable expectation of getting more out than they had to put in?
Perhaps no one, in that sense limiting technological advancement to things that would benefit people.
- ethbro 12y agoWhich leaves us in a fair quagmire when you have substantial gaps between discoveries and engineered products (e.g. quantum theory -> semiconductors -> the computing revolution).