Neuralink 'Participant 1' Noland Arbaugh says his whole life has changed

Re:Neuralink 'Participant 1' Noland Arbaugh says his whole l... by JumpCrisscross on Wednesday August 27, 2025 @03:31AM (#45036527)

> unfortunate part is that your first thought went to return on investment rather than the humanitarian angle

It’s just a pragmatic take on sustainability of innovation. If nobody—no person or government or non-profit—would find value in the future of the work, it merits questioning why do it versus something else.

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Re:Neuralink 'Participant 1' Noland Arbaugh says his whole l... by regularfry on Wednesday August 27, 2025 @04:48AM (#45037004)

There's a spectrum here, though. There's a difference between "nobody would find value in the work" and "nobody can figure out how to get VC-level returns from the work on VC timescales."

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Re:Neuralink 'Participant 1' Noland Arbaugh says his whole l... by JumpCrisscross on Wednesday August 27, 2025 @05:20AM (#45037201)

> a difference between "nobody would find value in the work" and "nobody can figure out how to get VC-level returns from the work on VC timescales”

In theory, yes. But other than maybe rare-disease research, I’m struggling to think of an example in medical research.

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