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wavemode 14 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Discovery Loop

It can be both. Bell Labs performed a lot of speculative research while still producing economically valuable technology.

scottyah 13 days ago [–]

And Zerox, though they didn't know how economically valuable it was.

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