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A comment on Adam Smith and Inequality (2014). Parent comment

Re:Adam Smith and Inequality (2014) by heavyset_go on Sunday September 12, 2021 @07:50PM (#28506272)
The government-led space race was responsible for rapidly accelerating the miniaturization of electronics.
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Re:Adam Smith and Inequality (2014) by WalterBright on Sunday September 12, 2021 @08:13PM (#28506441)
That doesn't imply government was required to miniaturize electronics.

The advantages of reducing the size and power requirements of electronics have always been recognized and improvements in it have been ongoing since the first devices.

After all, the transistor was invented by AT&T, not the government.

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