[thfuran]

I'm not sure I understand what you think the difficulty in capturing the value of research would be.

[jjallen]

If someone moves from one thing to the next without publishing and or producing something than the value is not captured

[thfuran]

If they don't produce anything, there doesn't seem to be any value to capture.

[jjallen]

Research and novel thoughts can have value to broader society.

What I'm getting at is how can we keep the curious curious while also capturing value from them. Let some people stay in this state -- I am mostly one of them, and have others follow them around implementing their ideas. Some of us have too many ideas and good thoughts.