I think this misunderstands the point Peter is making. This paragraph is not about government research money being ineffective but about the fact that things don’t happen simply because of natural progression without individuals pushing for change.
While there are many people who contribute to SpaceX’s success but without Elon Musk it wouldn’t exist. There’s a requirement for individuals to believe that they can create change for a company like SpaceX to exist.
Thanks. Re-reading the quote and reading your answer really made it understand better. I think a year ago I misinterpret this. It’s more on line of the free software movement and people saying “this sucks I will write a {OpenPGP, mutt, Patreon, Gmail, …} to make this better”
I think this misunderstands the point Peter is making. This paragraph is not about government research money being ineffective but about the fact that things don’t happen simply because of natural progression without individuals pushing for change.
While there are many people who contribute to SpaceX’s success but without Elon Musk it wouldn’t exist. There’s a requirement for individuals to believe that they can create change for a company like SpaceX to exist.
Thanks. Re-reading the quote and reading your answer really made it understand better. I think a year ago I misinterpret this. It’s more on line of the free software movement and people saying “this sucks I will write a {OpenPGP, mutt, Patreon, Gmail, …} to make this better”