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Re:Why Does DARPA Work? by koheripbal on Sunday June 28, 2020 @09:03PM (#23673375)
There is a feedback loop here. They help fund existing ideas, get more people/companies involved, raise awareness on certain problems, and motivate more participants to do relevant research.

So do they "invent"? ...well that's a semantic argument. The point is they absolutely help make things happen.

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Re:Why Does DARPA Work? by shoguning on Sunday June 28, 2020 @10:49PM (#23673910)
My question is... do they really? They happen to be around when tech moves, but would it have moved without them? It's a historical counterfactual, and hard to argue about. I'm skeptical and I'm more skeptical of ARPA-e.
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