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[HydrogenBond]

Necessity is the mother of invention. It is greed propels the invention into the market place. The market place, in turn, lead to economies of scale and lower prices so inventions become useful on a wide scale. For example, the development of the atomic bombs and the space race led to the need for many of the inventions of today, such as computers. Capitialists saw the profits that could be made (Bill Gates), with free market forces driving down the price and making the invention better and cheaper.

What we need is necessity. Global warming is trying to create that urgency, which create the necessity to invent alternative energy, more effeciency, etc. Stem cell research is not necessity, but starts at the greed level and may not lead to innovation at the fastest rate. The govenment is horrible at free market stuff. Beaurocracy is optimized for war and gets lazy and fat during peacetime. Stem cell reseach is better left for the free market. What we is an alien invasion so the beaurocracy can kick into high gear and invent the impossible.