RT by @ylecun: outstanding essay from Seb: "A cadre of elites decides which research directions are permissible, caps global compute and robotics, and creates state-administered scarcity rents. I shouldn’t need to explain why this is bad and dangerous, anyone can study History and Economics in their free time. [...] Building an entire apparatus tasked with maximally empowering the government and its grip on research, knowledge, and technology is dangerous." Read every word of it 👉

<p>outstanding essay from Seb:<br> <br> "A cadre of elites decides which research directions are permissible, caps global compute and robotics, and creates state-administered scarcity rents. I shouldn’t need to explain why this is bad and dangerous, anyone can study History and Economics in their free time.<br> [...] <br> Building an entire apparatus tasked with maximally empowering the government