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"...they want stricter vetting of what constitutes a problem worth working on."

How should we choose the approved projects and to whom should we assign them ?

Where shall I pick up my work-book for the month ?

Who will stamp it for me ?




Same place and people as always: the venture capital firms. Now their scope and focus will just be under harsh criticism and slight duress from the treasury dept for all the assurances they've been given.

I wonder if we can still build mobile-app based dog food delivery services


I know you’re not really engaging with the argument here, but IMO I'd like to see more early capital directed by agencies that are ultimately accountable to democratic bodies. Plenty of examples at DoE


The CIA has long had a "VC" arm; I think it's inevitable that there will be climate and energy investment funds (more like agencies) directed by DoE, DoT, and whatever Department gets created when the US finally decides to tackle climate change at large.

So I think you'll certainly get your wish but it's a matter of when. Until then it will be a small amount of informal control through a sort of cronyist "you owe us now" type pressure.




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