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by yterdy 768 days ago
Because, half a century ago, it would have been built by a government research agency or a designated monopoly that was obliged to share it with the public, instead of the quasi-monopoly - that can keep secret whatever it needs to wreck your sh*t - like today.

We know a better way to do this ("this" being "the development of foundational technology for the next century of human civilization"), so of course it's frustrating to see the way it's actually being done.

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What's the better way?