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Bell labs was good precisely because I doubt it ever made anyone much money. Hmmmm.....


Someone could make some good money by explaining how this squares with the conventional wisdom that optimizing for profit also optimizes for the good of mankind.


That's "conventional wisdom"? It sounds like a pretty implausible proposition to me.


hahaha I (think I) see what you did there




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