• Modern_medicine_isnt@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I have know and worked with people who have made a lot of money. Not billions, but millions. The ones who actually do the innovating don’t do it for the money. And most of the ones not innovating actually are doing it because they are competitive. They want to be the best. Money is part of that, but only in the relative to others sense.

    Now here’s the rub. The innovators can’t innovate without someone paying the bill. And the competitors aren’t just competing with people in their own country.

    So any solution needs to deal with those complexities.

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      1 year ago

      I would build software even if I was not being paid for doing the work. I am lucky to trade my time for money in something I would be doing anyway. I have less say over my projects than I would like, but at least I get to make projects that make me happy.

      I seem to be bad at making money when owners make my yearly salary per hour.

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      1 year ago

      Government grants… Democratic influence over where research is directed.

      Publicly owned venture capital firms.

      Non-profit grants

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        1 year ago

        We have government grants. But it is impossible to find a body to decide who gets them that isn’t biased and/or corrupt.

        We also have publicly owned venture capital firms

        Not sure what the last one is exactly… but pretty sure we have that too.