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mk  ·  3594 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: $40-billion missile defense system proves unreliable.

True enough. Colleagues of mine have captured DOD money for research in neurorestoration. Lots of traumatic brain injuries from the last decade. I suppose I am also chasing money outside of my interests to some extent, but Boognish knows I didn't get into this line of work for the money.

The whole model is in serious need of disruption. I can imagine it coming in a few forms, but as it stands labs are dying on the vine and the NIH has no real solutions.

At this point, I'd like to see an alt-IH that worked as an autonomous corporation, funded by something like bitcoin. Qualifying members would get some fraction of the funds, and all research findings and IP would be open-access.