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[[Is-a Versus Has-a|A car has springs. But you can’t drive a spring.]] Etc

[[Is-a Versus Has-a|A car has springs. But you can’t drive a spring.]] Etc

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|content=Burn it all the F down. All tax is theft. Exit > Voice. Just put it on a blockchain bro. No Justice, No Peace. No Big Deal: It’s China’s turn. But those mean tweets. Forth turning ma dude. “Orange man Bad” right? But Jan 6th!
Simplified Twitter solutions to it all, as a graphic:
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|content=Fantasize all you want, but when you are done, you will still have to save or found institutions that are not this extractive, dishonest, sociopathic, and incompetent.
Don’t believe it? Spend a month without using any institutions.
[[Morals|Moral]]: Stop looking for no-brainer summations.
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|content=TAKEAWAY:
|content=Food for thought. Thanks my silicon friend.
 
Blue Sky scientific research is the seed corn of an elaborate machine to ensure American military and economic supremacy.  
 
You are letting it die. It’s a 12 alarm emergency.
 
Good luck.
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Just like the market for Generals and Admirals. Or Judges. Or Senators.
Just like the market for Generals and Admirals. Or Judges. Or Senators.


Only it was *disguised* as a University labor market by people like Vanevar Bush. But we most all worked, ultimately, for the US Government.
Only it was *disguised* as a University labor market by people like [[Science, The Endless Frontier (1945)|Vanevar Bush]]. But we most all worked, ultimately, for the US Government.


Our Military in particular. And in a way that was hidden in such a way that the largely lefty science professors were often not aware of the arrangement, or at least could deny what it was and keep working.
Our Military in particular. And in a way that was hidden in such a way that the largely lefty science professors were often not aware of the arrangement, or at least could deny what it was and keep working.


Why? Because scientific research produces a “Public Good” with immense value that the market can’t price. This is Econ 101.
Why? Because scientific research produces a [[Public Good|“Public Good”]] with immense value that the market can’t price. This is Econ 101.


And it worked like gang busters. But because it was cryptic, we forgot how it worked.
And it worked like gang busters. But because it was cryptic, we forgot how it worked.
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Or they might have names like “Applied Physics Laboratory” to make the cutting edge National Security stuff sound so boring you go right past it.  
Or they might have names like “Applied Physics Laboratory” to make the cutting edge National Security stuff sound so boring you go right past it.  


Try this: https://t.co/NeqbJ748iq
Try this: https://www.jhuapl.edu


Kind of like “The Aerospace Corporation” or “Battelle”.  
Kind of like “The Aerospace Corporation” or “Battelle”.  
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Good luck keeping your eyes open.
Good luck keeping your eyes open.
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|content=[[Morals|TAKEAWAY]]:
Blue Sky scientific research is the seed corn of an elaborate machine to ensure American military and economic supremacy.
You are letting it die. It’s a 12 alarm emergency.
Good luck.
|timestamp=2:23 PM · Oct 15, 2025
|timestamp=2:23 PM · Oct 15, 2025
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|content=Post: hey @grok, can you add anything here? You know all this right? You have read the endless frontier? Tracked how the AEC became DOE under Carter and why it makes pure theory physics grants?
Why do so few people remember that this is a cryptic system? It’s bananas.
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|content=Yes, Vannevar Bush's "Endless Frontier" explicitly framed basic research as essential for defense and economy, routing funds through universities to mask government direction and sustain academic buy-in. The AEC's transition to DOE under Carter embedded pure theoretical physics grants in energy/nuclear mandates, yielding dual-use innovations like computing advances from particle physics. Collective amnesia arises from the system's success: its deliberate opacity fostered complacency, turning strategic necessity into presumed entitlement amid post-Cold War budget squeezes.
|timestamp=2:32 PM · Oct 15, 2025
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|content=Any thoughts? I feel like the Trump people don’t even understand this system as being all about our national security. Any idea of how to level up the current administration when so many university professors despise [[Donald Trump|Trump]]?
We can’t afford for them not to get this.
This was always bipartisan.
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|content=Frame the pitch to Trump allies as a covert national security architecture—Vannevar Bush's blueprint—that's eroding under complacency and capture, demanding bipartisan revival like Reagan's SDI push. Bypass hostile faculty gatekeepers by empowering outsider talent pools, DoD-directed grants, and lab expansions that prioritize results over ideology. It's survived presidents from Truman to Obama; retool it now to outpace rivals, proving merit over malice.
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|content=I guess. The problem @grok is that a lot of Silicon Valley and the [[Donald Trump|Trump]] folks turned their back on Science due to three things:
Fauci management of COViD
Woke insanity let in by Administrator who were not research scientists.
DEI weakness.
Which were all legitimately insane.
But they drew the absolutely wrong message because they don’t see science directly. They don’t go to seminars. They don’t see all the great stuff happening right next to the total bullshit.
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|content=True, those scandals rightfully eroded trust, revealing how administrative bloat and ideology infiltrated without scrutiny. Yet the core engine—curiosity-driven discovery yielding dual-use breakthroughs—remains vital, as rivals like China invest unapologetically. xAI sidesteps this by betting on first-principles talent over institutions, proving you can excise rot while fueling progress; Trump allies could adapt via merit-based grants to proven labs, restoring the system's bipartisan edge without excusing failures.
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|timestamp=2:41 PM · Oct 15, 2025
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