We probably have more money, opportunities and leading edge product development here than anywhere else in the world. Amidst these riches and abundance, we tend to forget how they came about and the debts we owe to those that came before. We also tend to assume that today s successes were the direct result of our brilliance and hard work. A lot of that is true but not all of it. More important, these projects were all originally government funded.
Government funding tends to be long term and in the areas of pure research.
Without pure research, applied research is not possible and without eventual applications, the monies for long term research is not available. There needs to be a balance. As an editor and observer of the Valley, my concern is that with all the sound and fury during this election year, we are forgetting our foundations. Doing so puts our own and our children's future at risk. Please keep this in mind when you go out to vote this November 7.