[ifwinterco]

Yeah I think once this ball started rolling it was inevitable it would gain momentum from both sides.

More money for quantum research increases the possibility of breakthroughs, while simultaneously more money for PQC research means more practical, reliable post-quantum cryptosystems that can actually be implemented.

End result is fairly quickly you go from "this is a problem for the fairly distant future and ECDHE is fine" to "we should implement PQ key exchange basically right now"