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Isn't this a necessary part on the innovation path?
by amadeoeoeo 2y ago
Isn't this a necessary part on the innovation path?
- mavhc 2y agoGiven that the tech and people went on to be involved in future nav systems, yes. I imagine all that work digitising the maps was used again and again for a few decades, and the people brought their hard won knowledge to newer systems
- gizmo 2y agoWhen smart people work on hard problems this usually comes with positive externalities. Even when the tech ends up worthless the the engineers will have learned a ton. I don't think that having people work on technology that is ahead of its time is bad for society. I think it's effectively high budget university research that presents itself as a commercial endeavor. How much does silicon valley invest into these doomed sci-fi projects annually? Many hundreds of millions at least. I suspect PhDs at a university could produce a lot more innovation at a fraction of the cost.