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by anonmeow 3923 days ago
This age won't come anytime soon in a world where hundreds of billions $ of capital are thrown into social-media-mobile-app economy.
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So, umm, how is it exactly that you found out this exciting news about this and other medical breakthroughs? We could be doing a lot more medical research and a lot less social networking. We could also be doing a lot less medical research and a lot more other things. Those statements are always true and almost never useful.
Last I checked healthcare R&D outspends VC by about 3:1 in the US.
i feel the cynical post amigo. i feel it.