...counter factual universe (that might actually work): 

Find the equivalent of the modern day J.C. Licklider, give him the equiv ($) of what he was handed when transitioning the space programme from military to NASA, with the same freedoms (aka. "don't fuck with Lick")...and then let something actually work.

> with the same freedoms

It's 2023. Freedom got killed by a thousand bureaucratic paper cuts.

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> with the same freedoms

It's 2023. Freedom got killed by a thousand bureaucratic paper cuts.

https://www.vox.com/2020/4/22/21228469/marc-andreessen-build-government-coronavirus

Ironically environmental protections have been weaponized to prevent building important infrastructure (and I support environment regs) but it is a good example of externalities and unintended consequences

Crypto and paragliding. Bringing fx markets on chain 

If Ezra Klein is complaining that your government policies are bad, probably bad

Haha all praise Ezra our lord and savior. In all seriousness though I know vox gets a bad rap but these are the sorts of articles that made me absolutely love vox. I miss the extreme data driven journalism