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It seems also a bit like the author is heavily relying on popular media to tell him what/where innovation is happening. Popular media - even science coverage - trends towards fast and immediate - so internet speed startups get the most attention.

Real science R&D innovation is relatively slow and full of failures and false starts. Peter Thiel made a big stink about where are flying cars but then proceeded to invest in a bunch of normal incremental improvement type startups (DTC, finch etc.). Even where Founders Fund did invest in true science - there's not much to talk about since real R&D is a slog.

If the author took the time to do actual research into innovation and took a long view - there's a lot more happening.