The blue LED was supposed to be impossible—until a young engineer proposed a moonshot idea.

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    9 months ago

    That could happen in socialism, where a government grant runs out and research is no longer funded because the person in charge of funding science changes.

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      9 months ago

      Socialism isn’t “when the government does stuff” it’s better thought of as when companies become democratised, so while it could still happen you have more chance to appeal to average people rather then purely answering to the CEO chasing profit margins.