Google, Not the Government, Is Building the Future

Posted by kensai on Thursday May 18, 2017 @11:49PM
from the nytimes.com dept.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/17/technology/personaltech/google-not-the-government-is-building-the-future.html

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Re:Google, Not the Government, Is Building the Future by hackunomatter on Friday May 19, 2017 @12:20AM (#14373007)

FTA:

> Collectively, the five are among the biggest investors in research and development on the planet. According to their earnings reports, they are on track to spend more than $60 billion this year on research and development. By comparison, in 2015, the United States federal government spent about $67 billion on all nondefense-related scientific research.

That's depressing. On the other hand, DARPA has been the force behind a lot of advancements: the Internet, self-driving cars, etc.

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Re:Google, Not the Government, Is Building the Future by kensai on Friday May 19, 2017 @12:03AM (#14372937)

I don't understand, if I submitted the same exact link, why did not give a direct point to the oldest thread? It simply created a dupe.

Sometimes a direct link is made, sometimes not. Apologies.

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Re:Google, Not the Government, Is Building the Future by greenyoda on Friday May 19, 2017 @12:15AM (#14372984)

Previous discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14362696

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