Parallel to the
most advanced and promising scientific endeavors, venture
capital underwrites the industries of the near future.
Insulation of any kind, even secrecy, no matter how stubbornly
pursued and justified, is no longer possible within the economic
dynamics of the present. No matter how hard companies try to
impose secrecy, they fail when faced with the interactivity and
integration of effort characteristic of the new dynamics. The
expectation of change, of shorter cycles of investigation, and
of shorter times for integration of results in the productive
ability of technology is unavoidable. Still, in the USA and in
Europe, there are conflicts between the new dynamics of
scientific and technological progress and the bureaucracy of
science. Driven by motivations characteristic of literate
infatuation with national pride and security, this bureaucracy
extends well beyond science and is hard at work to protect what
is already pass‚. For science to advance, networks of activity,
distributed tasks, and shared resources, all implying
transparency and access, are essential.
The conflict between scientific goals and morality takes on its
own characteristics in the civilization of illiteracy. Indeed,
scientific results might be right, but not necessarily always
good for humankind. They might support higher efficiency, but
sometimes to the detriment of people obsessed with maintaining
high standards of living.
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