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We haven't always been awful at keeping secrets, see the actual Manhattan Project. I like the optimism of your proposal, but how would those US companies contin
by eastof 9mo ago
We haven't always been awful at keeping secrets, see the actual Manhattan Project. I like the optimism of your proposal, but how would those US companies continue the same level of R&D investment without those extra profits? If the government just directly invests, then you've just become the enemy.
- christophilus 9mo agoDidn’t the actual Manhattan Project leak to the USSR?
- expedition32 9mo agoYep Stalin literally got daily reports about it. He probably knew as much as Roosevelt.