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Re:Darpa invests $100M in a silicon compiler by Koshkin on Friday June 29, 2018 @06:48PM (#17428435)
On the other hand, see https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parable_of_the_broken_window.
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Re:Darpa invests $100M in a silicon compiler by garmaine on Friday June 29, 2018 @11:10PM (#17429290)
How does that apply here?
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Re:Darpa invests $100M in a silicon compiler by lostlogin on Saturday June 30, 2018 @12:56AM (#17429543)
I believe the question is “does the spending result in a net benefit to society?”

I’d add in a consideration of the opportunity cost.

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Re:Darpa invests $100M in a silicon compiler by garmaine on Saturday June 30, 2018 @02:25AM (#17429744)
That’s not the broken window fallacy though.
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