One thing the Fable issue will force: a question for the labs about their objectives and value capture thesis. Do they believe frontier scientific and technical capabilities should be restricted to frontier labs and govt? Or should value flow to other orgs across the economy?
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All frontier science is dual use; all frontier technology contributes to the basis of national power. How much of it should be centralized? Centralization protects national security interests in the short term by preventing diffusion to adversaries, but in the long run hobbles the economy and the interests of a free people in using technology to improve their own lives. This is actually a painful and meaningful tradeoff!
One thing the Fable issue will force: a question for the labs about their objectives and value capture thesis. Do they believe frontier scientific and technical capabilities should be restricted to frontier labs and govt? Or should value flow to other orgs across the economy?