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by dbbolton 3745 days ago
>AI, biotech, and energy

The problems you described with these fields are known as "barriers to entry". They are bad for competition and foster lower-order market structures and/or price distortion in virtually any industry, not just those in the tech sector. Thus they're generally frowned upon by all but the most extreme laissez faire capitalists:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barriers_to_entry