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Most are. Unfortunately, people often don't recognize the immense benefit for society that some industries offer.
> Like are we doing anything meaningful to society by building 1 of those Google projects that gets killed in a few months?
Yes. Hindsight is 20/20, and making bets is (often, not always) worth it even if some fail in the end.
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Most are. Unfortunately, people often don't recognize the immense benefit for society that some industries offer.
> Like are we doing anything meaningful to society by building 1 of those Google projects that gets killed in a few months?
Yes. Hindsight is 20/20, and making bets is (often, not always) worth it even if some fail in the end.