University research remains critical for growth despite AI private investment
Afinetheorem · x · 2026-08-20
Discusses Vannevar Bush's insight that research is undersupplied due to rent appropriation difficulties, making institutions like universities critical. The author argues this intuition is empirically more true today. While AI is a recent exception due to massive private investment, overall growth is more reliant on university research than ever.
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